Parenting from the Heart

A Better Alternative to the "Why Question"

One question commonly asked of children can undermine efforts to help them learn self-regulation and to respect agreed-upon rules. The qu...

Susie Kohl

Art’s Special Meaning for Children

In Michael Slack’s Saturday Zoom presentation, he detailed the way he had written and illustrated books like Dinosaur and Boy, as well as...

Susie Kohl

Making Parents’ Work Visible

Last week children loved watching art teacher Lara Cannon at work on a ladder in the hall, carefully painting the outline of a huge tree....

Susie Kohl

Respecting Communication Differences

“I couldn’t find the words” is a phrase we often use when our ability to speak falls short of what we want to express. Watching the inaug...

Susie Kohl

Supporting Children’s Ability to Focus

“I CAN TELL THAT MY TWO-YEAR-OLD has the ability to focus because of the expression he gets on his face when he listens to music.” This i...

Susie Kohl

Noticing Acts of “Greatness”

On a noisy day when the teachers in my older daughter’s second grade classroom needed everyone’s attention, they made this request. “Rais...

Susie Kohl

Coping With “Big Feelings”

Naming difficult emotions and the events that cause them is the first stage in teaching children resilience. Big feelings are abounding i...

Susie Kohl

What Did You Give?

If you buy children gifts at this time of year, or on other occasions, you might be interested in an important article Ben West’s dad, Ji...

Susie Kohl

Children Discover the Power to Help

Fifteen year-old Gitanjali Rao is the first child to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. This is an important breakthrough for our...

Susie Kohl

Write Your Child a Love Note

Tuck a personal note into your child’s lunch box. It’s a guaranteed way to brighten any day. In the midst of concentrating, adjusting to ...

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