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The Power of Words: Treating Word Choice Like Salt
Posted by Kip Jones, Boys Town Press Author and School Counselor on Sep 23rd 2021
Most people have heard the saying “Sticks
and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, that
is a big LIE! Words are being used more than ever to hurt people in the
world to
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Self-Determination: A Path for Success and Happiness
Posted by Kip Jones, Boys Town Press Author and School Counselor on Feb 11th 2021
I encourage my students to apply self-determination to many
different areas of their lives. They need to understand that ability is not the
only factor to reaching their goals. With long-term goa
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2020: A Year of Visual Clarity
Posted by Kip Jones, Boys Town Press Author and School Counselor on Dec 8th 2020
For over 150 years, the phrase “20/20 vision” has been used to
reference visual clarity or acuity. That’s from where the commonly used phrase,
“Hindsight is 20/20” comes. And here we are winding
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Peer Pressure - The Need to Feel Accepted!
Posted by Kip Jones, Boys Town Press Author and School Counselor on Aug 19th 2020
Our ability to
socialize and work with others in a group to accomplish common goals and
succeed together is one of the best abilities we have as a community. But at
times, our social nature w
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Teach Kids to be a B.O.S.S and Take a Stand Against Bullying
Posted by Kip Jones, Boys Town Press Author and School Counselor on Oct 9th 2019
Bullying has become an epidemic in communities, homes, online and our schools. For example, bullyingstatistics.org cites the following data:
Bullying victims are between 2 to 9 times more likely
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