Adversity does not build character, it defines it. – Author Unknown

1 Give Yourself Permission to Express Anger. Our society does not allow us to express strong emotions. We are taught to hold in our emotions from the earliest age. This can have a profoundly negative effect on our overall health. It’s not wrong to express anger, fear, sadness, rage. In fact, it is healthy to… Read more »

One gorgeous summer day my friend Matt and I were tooling around the local golf course in Omaha when Matt suggested we take a shortcut through the woods between holes seven and nine. I was the one at the helm and was reluctant at first because it had poured the night before and sometimes I… Read more »

GOAT GETTING- TEACH CHILDREN TO MEMORIZE THE SAYING IF SQMEBODY CAN GET YOUR GOAT, YOU HAVE A GOAT TO GET – ONE OF THE GOALS OF LIFE IS TO GET RID OF THE GOATS IN YOUR LIFE. GET RID OF THE THINGS THAT IRRITATE YOU AND YOU WILL DECREASE YOUR AREAS OF VULNERABILITY. THERE ARE… Read more »

Often we never have all the data to solve problems when it comes to various behavior problems due to the fact we haven t taken the time to do the necessary fact finding. –

An Act of Respect I ve recommended over the years that teachers include an act of respect jar in their classroom filled with descriptions/pictures of various acts of respect. At the beginning of each week children are invited to draw one of the acts of respect from the jar and practice the respect act all… Read more »

Four years ago, several boys at Avondale Middle School in Rochester Hills, Michigan, were suspended for sexual harassment. The boys thought they were just flirting. The very next week, Maria Kopicki’s eighth-grade criminal law class decided to rework the school sexual harassment policy. That policy banned four broad categories of harassment: verbal abuse, pressure for… Read more »

Always remember to forget The things that make you sad. But never forget to remember The things that made you glad Always remember to forget The friends that proved untrue. But don’t forget to remember Those that have stuck by you. Always remember to forget The troubles that have passed away But never forget to… Read more »

Most of us spend at least ten minutes each day in front of a mirror, getting ready in the morning or preparing for bed in the evening. Instead of mindlessly daydreaming while we perform our daily grooming rituals, we can use this Mirror Time as an opportunity to give ourselves a brief checkup. I started… Read more »

Character building making schools safer, Central Jersey teachers say By CHAD HEMENWAY – Staff Writer School districts throughout the state have adopted various character-education programs to teach students respect, responsibility and integrity in an effort to make schools better — and safer — learning environments. Just a dream? Not according to administrators and teachers in… Read more »