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I really like the wordplay in that post title…don’t you? I didn’t come up with it myself (thank you friends at the Early Learning Hub!) but I really enjoy a good pun and also really appreciate the meaning behind the phrase. Our presence is so important and needed by our children in order to thrive, […]
Kindness
Kindness
“If you can’t say anything kind…don’t say anything at all.” How many of you have heard that before? It’s great advice for when you want to say what you really think or feel about something but know that it probably won’t be very encouraging or uplifting. It also seems to be advice that is extremely […]
Speak Up
To tell you the truth…I haven’t really known what to say or what to do. I know that I want to step up and say something, to use the knowledge that I’ve gained from years of equity work and years of studying the brutal and nasty history of our country and the world, but I […]
Raising Kindness and Caring
One of the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub’s Core Messages is this: Parenting can sometimes be overwhelming. Balancing the demands of work, childcare, financial and emotional stress, may be all you think you can handle. There’s another part to it, but we’ll get to that later. I’d like to focus on this first part […]
Always look on the bright side!
When I was in college I had a friend who had a habit of being overly critical, or judgemental, about everything. We would go through the mall or sit around campus and just people watch. I noticed how quickly she critiqued a person’s clothes, facial expression, haircut, gait, etc. I felt awful listening to her […]