Give kids a head start to learn right from wrong … most Americans believe there is a place to begin whatever repair is needed to make sure our values in the next generation are braced and knit. That place is in the very early years of the child’s education, beginning in preschool, continuing through kindergarten… Read more »
CHICAGO – High school students who watch lots of television and music videos are more likely to start drinking than other youngsters, researchers say. The Stanford University study of 1,533 ninth-graders also showed that youngsters who rented movies were less likely to start drinking, while playing video and computer games had no effect. Watching TV… Read more »
They Really Do Go Together One of the questions I hear frequently goes something like this: “Don’t those teenagers and their bad manners ever get you down?” The answer is NO on two counts. First, teenagers never get me down. I’ve made my living teaching them for thirty-three years, and it seems to get more… Read more »
The word responsibility is as pervasive a word as one can find. There isn’t a magazine, newspaper or TV program that doesn’t include the word – from fiscal responsibility to legal responsibility – from personal responsibility to social responsibility. It’s either parents’ responsibility or a child’s responsibility, your responsibility or my responsibility. People take full… Read more »
10 Needs for Teens 1. TEENS NEED TO BE LOVED 2. TEENS NEED TO BE HEARD 3. TEENS NEED POSITIVE MESSAGES 4. TEENS NEED POSITIVE CHILD MANAGEMENT METHODS 5. TEENS NEED AUTONOMY 6. TEENS NEED TO INTERACT WITH PEERS VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY (SOClALlZE) 7. TEENS ARE AWARE OF AND INFLUENCED BY THEIR OWNSEXUALITY ACCURATE OR… Read more »
How to Include Every Ones Voice in the Room! I’ll support that idea ! You’ve got my support ! What is your idea ? Help me understand ! May I make a suggestion ? Where would you start ? Where do you think you’ll start ? What will work for the both of us ?… Read more »
Developing A Win-Win Situation Raymond Soh Staff Psychologist Department of Human Resources and Staff Development Temasek Polytechnic Singapore Consultant Psychologist Total Wellness Center Adam Road Hospital Singapore March 1998 I was having lunch with a colleague one day when he popped me this question: “Tell me, how can you be less biased of someone who… Read more »
What kind of human being do we want to emerge from our efforts at moral education? What are the characteristics of the morally mature person? A moment’s reflection tells us that moral maturity is more than just knowing what is right. The world is full of people who know what is right but set moral… Read more »
The L.A. TIMES reports on a program designed to help students control their anger and in the process become better students (Pyle, 7/20). Called “Chill Out,” the program is in operation at Nimitz Middle School. Clinical psychologist Floyd McGregor developed the anger-management program five years ago when he did an internship at the school. “Kids… Read more »
Sunny Hills HS Cheating Incident! A group of about 20 Sunny Hill High (Fullerton, Calif.) honor-roll students were reprimanded for cheating, when they insist all they did was work in a group (Anderson, L.A. TIMES, 4/11). The paper observes that the incident, which left 13 of the students disbarred from the National Honor Society, “falls… Read more »
