By Renee Jain, Shefali Tsabary — 2020
There are a LOT of reasons to feel anxious in 2020. But anxiety can show up differently in kids.
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Raising an empathetic and kind kid is a beautiful thing, but it’s also important to prepare kids for the real world.
There are various developmental theories that go into the tool kit that parents and educators utilize to help mold caring and ethically intact people, including those of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget and American psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg.
Nudge kids to be their best selves by encouraging them to consume positive, inspiring media and online content.
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A lot of children today fall apart when they experience disappointing setbacks.
By focusing on our children’s strengths, we can help them flourish—and stop being so critical and worried.
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Empathy is divided into cognitive, emotional and applied empathy, all of which are valuable. For empathy to truly be useful to the human condition, our kids must have applied empathy, or compassion.
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Considering how to make the children in our lives better people helps us reflect on how we ourselves can be more compassionate.
The qualities of character develop through an interplay of family, school, and community influences and the child’s individual temperament, experiences, and choices. Parents have many opportunities and tools to build their children’s character.