You bring out the best in yourself by looking for the best in others! – Gene Bedley

Sticks and stones can break my bones but words also are painful. Middle school students voice their opinion of bullying. *Bryan, 13 “I have witnessed some bullying and some teasing. It seems the kids in big groups of friends pick on kids with fewer friends. If my friend were being bullied, I would support him…. Read more »

The most important human endeavor is striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depends on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives. – Albert Einstein

Choose one of the ideas below and you’ll see better anger manager skills… 1. Put angry, abusive words kids say in the Anger Bag (paper bag) and have them wrinkle the bag every time they put a hurtful word inside. Kids can smooth out the Anger Bag with kind words. I would make a list… Read more »

Gifts are not just the temporal expressions for various holidays that most often are mere things we exchange. I recently spoke to Tracey Bailey, the National Teacher of the Year, about a wonderful gift he gives his eight children at home. Every week they identify various kinds of problems they feel need to be solved… Read more »

Every man, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from his neck. A small bag in front full of his neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that men are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are… Read more »

In seeking to find replacement behaviors for children who are out of control be sure and check the things that are contributing toward the frustration/injury that s fostering the lack of self-control. Talk with the child and help them see you are confident they can regain their composure. Building their confidence is critical in helping… Read more »

The “comfort zone” is used to help children get away from everyone else, to gather their own thoughts, to relax. We set our “comfort zone” up under a desk in our room that we do not use. We put a bean bag chair and some pillows for comfort and softness and hung pictures on the… Read more »

Principle — particularly moral principle — can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. – Edward R. Lyman

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them. – George Bernard Shaw