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Social-Emotional Development

Change Must Begin with the Children: Resources for Anti-Bias Education
There’s really nothing I can add to all of the meaningful conversations currently taking place…

Bored Children? Be Grateful for It!
Boredom is something today’s children have rarely experienced – because they’ve never had the chance…

Learned Helplessness: Let’s Not Foster It in Children!
Here are some of the tasks teachers have told me today’s children are unable to…

Fostering Self-Regulation in Early Childhood: Are We Doing It Wrong?
Buzzwords and goals come and go in every field. In the early childhood field, self-regulation…

Giving Children the Attention They Want and Need
How many of these scenarios are familiar to you? A child creates something, and a…

When Did Parenting Become Overparenting?
This morning as I listened to yet another report about the university cheating scandal, I…