September 2018 – Center for Reflective Communities

Social Emotional Learning is the natural way for children to succeed

Social skills are what children need to succeed. That’s because social skills contain all the necessary elements that children require in order to regulate their behavior, have emotional well-being, achieve in school, and use later on to do well in the workplace. In a sense, social skills can be thought of as an ‘all-purpose’ learning tool. This idea is catching on in schools, in the form of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs. (more…)

Chores are so good for children, it’s worth all the effort parents have to make to get their child to do them.

I realize the issue of chores for children is controversial. Some parents are in favor and some parents believe kids have more important things to do, such as homework and extracurricular activities. I come down on side of childhood chores because a growing body of research indicates just how beneficial they are for children. In fact, these benefits are exactly what Reflective Parenting aims to help parents provide for their child.

Having chores as a child leads to children who have greater success and better life skills in the long run
Children develop a healthy balance between achievement and caring about others
By being a part of the task of taking care of the household a child becomes aware of the needs of others
When children see themselves as necessary to the family, it fills that deep desire we all have to feel needed
Children who help with family chores have a greater sense of obligation and connectedness to their parents
This connection to parents enables them to deal better with life’s stressful moments

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