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Are you raising nice kids? A Harvard psychologist gives 5 ways to raise them to be kind. Richard Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist with the graduate school of education, and the Making Caring Common Project have come up with recommendations about how to raise children to become caring, respectful and responsible adults. (The Washington Post) Richard Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist with the graduate school of education, and the Making Caring Common Project have come up with recommendations about how to raise children to become caring, respectful and responsible adults. Richard Weissbourd, a Harvard psychologist with the graduate school of education, and the Making Caring Common Project have come up with recommendations about how to raise children to become caring, respectful and responsible adults.

(The Washington Post) Earlier this year, I wrote about teaching empathy, and whether you are a parent who does so. I know, you’d think they are or that parents are teaching that themselves, right? “Children are not born simply good or bad and we should never give up on them. Information about health, growth and emotions for Teens : TeensHealth.org. Social Skills Lesson Plans for Middle School. Personal Social Lessons for Grades 5-10. Tumblr m59pgl8R3N1qc1l8po1 1280.

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Military Kids. Arkansas has done a great job of helping students whose parent or parents are in the military by providing resources to the families and schools. In 2012 The Arkansas Coalition for Military Children was created. The mission statement of ACMC is to develop and sustain a process to support children and youth of military families who have served or are currently serving our nation. There are over 18,000 military children in Arkansas today. Military include Active Duty, Arkansas National Guard (Army and Air) and Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Reserve children. Arkansas National Guard and Reserve families live, work, and contribute to their communities but typically live far from military bases. Five stages of deployment have been identified and school counselors are asked to share these with their faculty. Pre-deployment - family is notified that member will be deployed, several weeks to a year in advance.

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