by Michele Borba | Feb 1, 2021 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Pessimism, World Worries, Articles, COVID19, Emotional Intelligence, Stress
7 Strategies to Ease Children’s Stress It’s no secret that kids today are more stressed than ever. In a world of ever-increasing uncertainty, our children are feeling anxious in ways that we never experienced when we were young. Research also confirms our kids...
by Michele Borba | Jan 20, 2021 | Anxiety, Pessimism, World Worries, Articles, Confidence and Assertivness, Courage and Assertiveness, COVID19, Depression and Suicide, Resilience, Thriving, Self-Confidence, Self-Control, Focusing, Self-Reliance and Agency, Social Emotional Learning, Stress, Thrivers
10 Ways to Help Reduce Childhood Anxiety and Curb Fear Capitol insurrection. bombings, terrorist alerts, hurricanes, school shootings, and Pandemics have boosted all our jitters lately, but don’t forget our children. I’ve received dozens of parent emails...
by Michele Borba | Jan 20, 2021 | Articles, Communication, Listening, Emotional Intelligence, Friendship and Social Competence
12 Ways to Tune Up Emotional Literacy Skills Teaching children social-emotional skills is one of the greatest gifts you can give. Few skills increase children’s confidence, social competence, empathy, resilience, and self-esteem more because kids need them in...
by Michele Borba | Jan 16, 2021 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Pessimism, World Worries, Articles, Communication, Listening, COVID19, Depression and Suicide, Optimism, Pessimism, Negativity, Parenting, Perseverance, Gives Up, Fears Failures, Resilience, Thriving, Thrivers, Uncategorized
How to Talk to Kids About Tragedy and Calm Their Worries How do we talk to kids about a tragedy so they understand the event and feel that they will thrive? Whether it’s the Capitol Insurrection, a shooting, a bombing, or natural disaster, all of us are trying...
by Michele Borba | Jan 11, 2021 | Character and Moral Intelligence, Empathy and Kindness, Gratitude, Resilience, Thriving, Thrivers, UnSelfie
Seven simple ways to boost gratitude in kids and help them learn to count their blessings 365 days a year! Let’s start with a Reality Check: Researchers are seeing a disturbing upsurge of kids who are a bit too spoiled, a bit too unappreciative, less...
