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Category Archives: adolescent
Teen: Seeking Compassionate Life With Passion
Dear Friends, Just returned from our Yearly Meeting (Quaker speak for our annual get-together where we do business, socialize and seek and share Spirit with others–and eat, and laugh and watch how fast our children have grown since last year). … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolescence, anxiety, beliefs, Integrity, Quaker, relationship, teenager
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Understanding Styles of Conflict Resolution
February is quickly approaching. That means that we are about to begin a month or more of kids being “prickly.” If we place ourselves in a classroom, in the middle of February, it seems that life has become extremely … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, beliefs, BULLY, equality, parenting, Relationships
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4 Steps to Making Our Children Safe
A Friend stood up in Meeting this past First Day (Sunday) and with a struggle to contain her emotions, spoke of the new rules for her son’s kindergarten class. The door to the classroom will be locked at all times. … Continue reading
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The Best Resolution
What we ARE teaches the students far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our students to become. ——-from the Yoakum (Texas) Intermediate School We must be what we want our children to grow … Continue reading
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Trudges and ZINGS
Trudge, Trudge, Trudge, . . . ZING . . . Trudge, Trudge, Trudge. For Sesame Street lovers, this may be a “blast from the past.” Do you remember watching Sesame Street where the fuzzy caterpillar (as I remember it) slowly … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, communication, parenting, power struggle, relationship, Rules, stress reliever
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Why We Need Celebrations
First off, I’ll confess. I really like celebrations. Big, not-so-big, totally private and expected. Balloons or not, food, drink and merry in whatever sizes and amounts. For me, celebrations mark something new, whether it’s a car, a graduation, the finishing … Continue reading
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