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Empowered Parents, Confident Students, Harmonious Families Are you anxious that your child isn’t living up to their potential, but you’re unsure how to support them? Is your teenager addicted to digital technology, but you don’t know what to do about it? Are you tired of arguing about homework, chores, and screen time? Do you sometimes Read More| Northwest Educational Services
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Table of Contents hide Opportunities to Move Opportunities to Meditate Opportunities to Microbreak Everything Counts In her book, No Sweat: How the Simple Science of Motivation Can Bring You a Lifetime of Fitness, Michelle Segar encourages us to find “opportunities to move,” or OTMs for short. Finding OTMs means finding ways to do some additional… Read More »OTMs| Becoming Better
Contents hide Exercise Use A Growth Mindset, Literally Works Cited Image Credits Disclaimer: This is brain-improvement advice, not health advice. None of this advice is a substitute for professional help. Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your diet or exercise habits, and before taking any supplements. For most of the 20th century Read More| Northwest Educational Services
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Contents hide What is executive function? Where is executive function in the brain? So what’s the parent’s role in developing the child’s executive function? Modeling “You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.” –Oliver Goldsmith Grow Those Muscles More to Come In the world of academics, “executive function” is, to Read More| Northwest Educational Services
Contents hide Progress Practice “How you do anything is how you do everything.” –Buddhist proverb Bringing The Two Together Toward A Better World One of the cornerstones of my philosophy is the simple truth that everything counts. This tiny statement contains a depth of wisdom that I certainly cannot take credit for. The idea is Read More| Northwest Educational Services
Contents hide First, a Story Consistency “I can’t hear what you’re saying, because your actions are too loud.” Less Words, More Modeling Behavior is Contagious Key Behaviors to Model “Arguably the best answer to the ‘What can we do to help our children?’ question is to model what you would like them to become.” –Walter Read More| Northwest Educational Services
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Contents hide Learning: Making a Path in the Forest of Your Mind “As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must Read More| Northwest Educational Services