bloomchild - BLOOMCHILD BLOG - No Purchase Necessary I recently attended the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood summit. Interestingly enough, Lenore Skenazy of Free Range Kids, opened the event by talking not about marketing to kids, but instead about the effects of marketing and media on parents. While marketers know that sex sells nearly everything, they also know fear and insecurity sell just about everything else. Lenore said (I’m paraphrasing, forgive me) parents become convinced, before their child is even born, that when their baby comes out it will be this lump with which they have this very limited window to mold into The David. The fear begins, perhaps while our baby is still a tiny seed of a being, and with each increasing belly centimeter our anxiety grows about whether we will give our children the right tools to be something special. We need to remember that it is the advertising industry’s job to undermine our confidence as parents in order to sell us products (that we just don’t need).
Learning to make good decisions and solve problems in early childhood This material is also available in PDF format: Learning to make good decisions and solve problems in early childhood [653KB] pdf Skills and qualities for making decisions (content changes below) There are certain qualities and skills that help children make thoughtful decisions. Self-esteem: to feel ok about themselves even when they go against what their group wants. What does problem solving involve? Most times, when children are making decisions they will not use all the problem-solving or decision-making skills suggested below. Managing feelings If a situation is upsetting, children first need to be aware of and able to manage their feelings. Working out what the problem is At any time we all hear, see and feel many more messages than we can attend to. Ali and Cameron were fighting over a toy. So the problem is that two people both want the toy. If the children are three or older you could say: "Can you think of some ways we could solve this?"
Welcome to the REAIE The Leadership Challenge :: Approach The Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership® resulted from an intensive research project to determine the leadership competencies that are essential to getting extraordinary things done in organizations. To conduct the research, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner collected thousands of "Personal Best" stories—the experiences people recalled when asked to think of a peak leadership experience. Despite differences in people's individual stories, their Personal-Best Leadership Experiences revealed similar patterns of behavior. Model the Way Leaders establish principles concerning the way people (constituents, peers, colleagues, and customers alike) should be treated and the way goals should be pursued. Inspire a Shared Vision Leaders passionately believe that they can make a difference. Challenge the Process Leaders search for opportunities to change the status quo. Enable Others to Act Leaders foster collaboration and build spirited teams. Encourage the Heart
ACECQA — Home stories, analogies and fables for business, training and public speaking, wedding speeches, best man speeches home » amusement/stress relief » stories and analogies illustrations and analogies for motivation, inspiration, learning and training Here are stories, analogies, research findings and other examples that provide wonderful illustrations for learning, and inspiration for self-development. Read about the travellers and the monk, tickle me elmo, get in the wheelbarrow, the shoe box story, the scorpion and the frog, murphy's plough, Pavlov's dogs, the monkeys and the stairs, and more. Look at the stories index for stories listed by subject. Or go straight to the stories. Analogies, stories, fables and case-studies are great ways to illustrate teaching, training and business lessons. Stories, examples, fables and research references add colour and substance to presentations and reports, and reinforce learning of all types. Some of these stories are ironic and so can best be used to illustrate pitfalls and vulnerabilities rather than best practice. stories index Most recent first: Q - Why? Q - Why?
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