by Lynea Gillen | Jan 23, 2016 | Behavior
Overindulged. Demanding. Ungrateful. Is there anyone who doesn’t feel a relieved sort of happiness and justice served when Veruca Salt goes down the chute? That’s the unfortunate outcome of an overindulged child: Others don’t like them. They alienate other people and...
by Lynea Gillen | Jan 16, 2016 | Brain/Mind Science
Did you make any resolutions for the new year? How are you doing with them? The hard truth is that despite every good intention, most of us fail to make good on the promises we make to ourselves at the turning of the year. Some statistics suggest that, over the long...
by Lynea Gillen | Jan 2, 2016 | Child development, Families, Social-Emotional Learning
For a lot of kids this past holiday season, at least one – and maybe many – of the gifts they opened were tech toys of one kind or another. Older kids may have received things like video games, tablets, wearables, or countless other gadgets (even – for better or worse...
by Lynea Gillen | Apr 4, 2015 | Environmental Education, Mindfulness
Several years back, a writer for one of our local papers complained about school teachers getting graduate credit to teach yoga to their students. These courses, she mocked, should be listed in the Education Department catalog next to basket weaving. My thought?...
