Posts by Lynne Watts
Create success with organizational skills
Organization is the Key Parents, educators and school counselors can directly impact children’s success in school and ultimately in life, by spending time teaching organizational skills. Not only does this teach some useful skills but it directly impacts the brain by establishing good habits. Here are a number of ways to help children (as well…
Read MoreFriendship Troubles
Helping Kids See Problems as Opportunities Friends Making new friends. Handling challenging situations. Knowing when to move on… What do you do when a friend wants to do something that is unkind, thoughtless, or involves breaking the rules? What do you do when a friend is bossy, self-centered and treats you unkindly? If a friend …
Read More“It’s Mine!” Tackling the Sharing Dilemma
Is Sharing Always the Answer? You can’t be around a group of kids for any length of time without the issue of sharing coming up. Johnny has a truck that Anthony wants…NOW! Anthony grabs the truck from Johnny and Johnny starts crying. Suzy wants to play with the doll that Chrissy has. She asks politely if…
Read Morehow to keep your cool when your child is losing theirs
The One Secret Technique that Works There will be moments… Maybe it will seem more like days… When your child is going to get upset. It’s tough to see our children upset and hurting. Sometimes it even triggers memories of times when we felt the same way. (Like when you were their age and felt like everyone…
Read MoreSuffer from mid-year burnout no more…
Get Fired Up and Finish Strong The school year is more than half over and much of the excitement and anticipation of a new class is long gone. How can you keep the energy and enthusiasm going for the next few months? How can you maintain a positive focus in the midst of the negative…
Read MoreWhy we should celebrate not worry about introverts
Six Reasons to Celebrate Introverts In parenting classes, I often hear concerns about children who are introverts. Parents worry that they won’t make friends, won’t be successful and will be unhappy throughout their lives. In the book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, the author, Susan Cain puts these…
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