How to Help Your Child Discover Their Passions
Help Your Child Discover Their Passions Working in one’s passion is often considered a significant contributor to success and overall happiness. It’s something that many adults report wishing they were told early in life, instead of being guided towards vocations based upon a statistical likelihood of post-education job placement or other practical motivators. It should […]
Social Media Limits for Teens and Preteens
Social Media Limits for Teens and Preteens Parents, educators, and the general Canadian public have been hearing news from south of the border that the world’s largest social media companies have been on trial for promoting addictive behavior among adolescent users. What’s surprising, is that the conglomerates are actually being found liable. Closing out March […]
How to Teach Your Child to be Open Minded
How to Teach Your Child to be Open Minded Children are definitely not inherently closed-minded, but their early developmental stages are characterized by egocentrism, where they naturally view the world only from their own perspective, making it seem as if they are not open to things that contradict their beliefs. While they are naturally curious and eager […]
Is it Time for Your Child to Take a Break from Social Media?
Is it Time for Your Child to Take a Break from Social Media? Parents across Canada share a concern that didn’t even exist 15 years ago. They collectively wonder – does my child spend so much time on social media that it’s becoming unhealthy? It has certainly become a hot topic of late, with one […]
Teaching Kids to Embrace Failure
Teaching Kids to Embrace…Failure? Got your attention, folks? We thought the title might make more than a few of you curious. While “failure” may seem like a bad word, especially when it comes to how children perceive a result of something they have attempted to do, the truth, is that defeat is critical to their […]
My Child Wants to be an Influencer
So…My Child Wants to be an Influencer There was a time when parents would balk about their children announcing that they wanted to be professional musicians, actors, and athletes. While those lofty ambitions still persist, another spotlit goal has entered the picture – becoming a social media influencer. For parents who aren’t entirely clear about […]
Help with New Year’s Resolutions
How Parents Can Help with Their Kids’ New Year’s Resolutions A growing number of households encourage their children to make resolutions for the New Year. It’s a great way to teach kids about goal-setting, positive habit formation, and personal growth. But as with adults, success rates for reaching these goals will be low without early […]
Teach Kids Work Ethic
It’s easy for kids to become accustomed to things coming easy to them. As their parents, we find them adorable and can’t help but spoil them. We may do so not just with gifts, but by taking on complicated tasks on their behalf and/or discouraging them from a number of laborious undertakings. We rationalize this because we know that life will become more challenging as they get older. We want them to enjoy their childhood before the great big reality check of adulthood arrives in the mail. But of course, such reasoning (knowing what’s coming) also underlines the importance of preparing them for hard work, which requires that we instill within them a sturdy work ethic.
Help Kids Overcome Discomfort Through Nature
Help Kids Overcome Discomfort Through Nature If you’ve already watched the above video from our Inquiring Minds – Inspiring Finds series, then you know the theme is about teaching kids to persevere when things get tough. This is something we discuss often, including within our most recent post on how to teach kids to overcome […]
Teach Kids to Overcome Challenges Through Nature
Teach Kids to Overcome Challenges Through Nature The Plant a Seed & See What Grows Foundation has provided parents and educators with helpful tips for how to encourage kids to dream BIG. Children should be empowered to accomplish any goal that their minds can imagine. But of course, not everything goes as planned, even when […]