Hands up, own it.
I was labelled a procrastinator for most of my childhood. I thought it meant I wasn’t good enough. Now I […]
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Land the Helicopter
I am reminded of the old joke… I just flew in from California, and boy, are my arms tired! It was first
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how we do school-at-home
OMATAS has a job to do. It must find a way, all the time, to build children’s self-esteem and cognitive
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Does school feel like varsity, right now?
My kids are in high school and I found myself calling their online classes ‘lectures’. Why? Through no direct design
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Our Decision-Making Pool is Empty Right Now.
Are you feeling like you just cannot decide on anything right now? Never mind the big stuff like whether you
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Sleeping on the job, or seizing the day?
If you didn’t get onboard in the beginning, you are already miles behind, but you can catch up. My dad
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My Space!
Table cabins are a fort, a spare room, a playhouse, a get-away, a safe space, a me space… …and it
School! Go-No-Go?
Going back to school is both longed for and feared. How does this even begin to happen en masse? But
A call back to the learning tree
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” James Baldwin
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Stop! Wait!
Do you have an impulsive child who rushes ahead without any thought of others or even of their own safety?
Food Fuels Function
Human brains want easy! We’re designed to work at reducing effort so that what we do becomes easier and easier.
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She is Not Coping, Now What?
When we first find out that our children are struggling, our greatest concern becomes about helping them to not struggle
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