Posts Tagged "nice"
Danger-Spotter: Empowering Frightened Kids
For parents whose children are unnerved after having witnessed or even after just hearing about scary events the most important message I have for you is this: Listen, empathize, and trust in your child's resilience. With your trust, support and coaching, your child can find ways to overcome any challenge and will develop valuable STRENGTHs as a result. After all, bravery and courage...
Read MoreBeing Nice or Not?
Telling children, "Be nice!" can have unexpected consequences. You probably know that the non-specific command, "Be nice!" is not particularly helpful for children. But worse than that, it can result in the opposite behavior. Here's how: When "Be nice!" is spoken in a corrective or threatening tone, as in "Be nice [or else]!" kids hear it as, "Do whatever it takes to keep the peace." Without...
Read More“You nearly hit her!”
I practically jumped up and down with excitement when I received this story from a mother in Ireland: One of my friend’s children (age 7) has the label put upon him that he is "not nice." Well I’ve been working hard on his strengths when we’re together to show him how nice he is! His face lights up and I receive endless hugs. I want him to see how "nice" he truly is. He was racing his...
Read MoreBold. Me?
Would you consider someone who prefers merry-go-rounds to roller coasters, bold? That was me - not bold. It took Eva, master life coach, to wake me up. Now I know what it feels like to have someone point out a STRENGTH you didn't know you had. I always thought that being nice or cautious holds you back in life, but what can you do if that's just who you are? Everyone who knows me picks up right...
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