475 results for '“I Just Don’t like the Sound of No'

​Don’t Spill Your Rumor Marbles (Post)

Five tips for teaching kids how to cope with and react effectively to rumors.Have you ever been targeted by a rumor? I have! In seventh grade, I accidentally burned my neck with a curling iron. The

The Case for Thinking Like a Child (Post)

Working in the school system, I often hear children being asked, “Don’t you know any better?” or “Why didn’t you make a better choice?” These questions are usually met with a confused expression. Then

The Power of Words: Treating Word Choice Like Salt (Post)

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 today.

​You’ve Just Learned Your Child is Being Bullied… What Can You Do? (Post)

It’s heartbreaking to learn your child has been the victim of bullying. No matter how you learned this information, be thankful you have it. We sat down with school counselor Jennifer Licate, author o

Gratitude Is a Skill - Not Just a Season (Post)

As the holidays approach, gratitude tends to take center stage. Whether it’s a classroom activity, a dinner table tradition, or a social media post, we’re all encouraged to pause and reflect on what w

Being the "I" in Integrity (Post)

When I was 11, I walked over to the corner store to buy a soda. I paid with a twenty-dollar bill, and the guy mistakenly gave me back some ones and a fifty instead of a ten. I ran up to my dad and s

​Cheers to a Fresh Start: Embracing Progress Over Perfection in the New Year (Post)

“I’ll start my diet on Monday. I’ll start my diet this summer. I’ll start my diet in January…” Sound familiar? The start of a new year is always buzzing with excitement, full of promises of new beginn

A Two-Part Series on the Value of Teaching Social Skills (Part 2) (Post)

Part 2: How to Teach Social Skills After exploring how social skills help us make connections, foster a sense of belonging, and strengthen our social-emotional health ( see Part 1 ), let’s take

Flip Your Thoughts to the Happy, Golden Side (Post)

How many thoughts do you think you typically have in a single day? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? Maybe millions?Some days, it seems like I have a billion thoughts racing through my head. But I also

Waiting (Post)

What are you waiting for? It feels like we are waiting for a lot these days. Yet maybe “waiting” isn’t the right term. Maybe we aren’t waiting for the weekend or for the next paycheck or fo

2020: A Year of Visual Clarity (Post)

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

Conflict to Compromise (Post)

Two kids + 1 bottle of bubbles = BIG problem! Sound familiar?I watched from across the driveway as my granddaughters went at it! My first instinct was to go into the house and pull out another bott