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• 04.01.2017

  Arriving at School Ready to Learn- Raising Humans Podcast

  Have you ever had a rushed morning getting the kids off to school? The speed of our everyday lives can leave kids struggling to be present and ready to learn when they enter the school building. How can parents help...

  
• 03.03.2017

  What Can Parents Learn from Teachers? Raising Humans #18

  How can parents facilitate good conversations with teachers to support their child’s learning?What can parents learn from teachers about how to extend learning outside the classroom? In this short Raising Humans podcast, May Duong, Direct of Parent Education for Six...

  
• 02.24.2017

  Parents and Teachers, a Winning Partnership- Raising Humans #17

  What’s the best way to partner with your child’s teacher? In this short podcast, Six Seconds’ Director of Parent Education, May Duong speaks with Ann Chang, a teacher at Synapse School about how parents can support their child’s learning in...

  
• 02.13.2017

  Homework: A Recipe for Learning?

    Has homework created a battle between parents, children, and teachers? Where is the joy of learning amidst the math problems and book reports coming home to families in their children’s backpacks? Can we make it fun? What about other...

  
• 01.13.2017

  Raising Humans #15-On Emotions and Elections

  Talking to Kids About Difficult Political Moments In the United States on November 9, many parents woke up wondering how to talk to their children about their feelings about the outcome of the national elections. As Michelle Maltais wrote in...

  
• 12.02.2016

  Raising Humans #13-Reducing Academic Stress

  Academic stress. Those two words describe a big minefield when it comes to parenting. How can parents and educators instill and support a love of learning, while downplaying messages of competition and conditional approval? A few years back, a friend’s...

  
• 11.17.2016

  Raising Humans #12: Sit With Us-A Creative Response to Bullying

  Bullied Teen Develops App to Help Bullied Middle School Kids Find Friends When Natalie Hampton was in middle school, she was bullied and attacked physically. She is one of the 22% of students ages 12-18 who have experienced bullying. Include...

  
• 11.10.2016

  How to Raise World Aware Humans

  Divya Prakash is a young adult who decided to help children in Africa learn to read. What she learned about herself and emotional intelligence in the process is inspiring. Enjoy this short podcast for our Raising Humans podcast series as...

  
• 11.03.2016

  Raising Humans #10-Family Relationships – a Teen’s View

  This teen’s story shows how Emotional Intelligence can spread from family relationships to the broader world No parenting podcast would be complete without a look into the world and thoughts of teens. So much change and growth is happening in...

  
• 10.27.2016

  Raising Humans Episode #9-A Child’s Growing Self-Awareness

  Practicing EQ is Second Nature for Mari and her dad, Damien The author, Annie Dillard wrote, “Children ten years old wake up and find themselves here, discover themselves to have been here all along.” It’s not everyday one meets a...

  
• 10.20.2016

  Raising Humans #8-Working Parents

  Pamela Williams: Working Parent of Five! Finding work-life balance in this busy world can be a challenge for even the most organized and loving parents, especially if one or both work outside the home. Pam was a busy parent, traveling...

  
• 10.20.2016

  Raising Humans #8-Working Parents

  Pamela Williams: Working Parent of Five! Finding work-life balance in this busy world can be a challenge for even the most organized and loving parents, especially if one or both work outside the home. Pam was a busy parent, traveling all...

  
• 10.14.2016

  Parent-Child Power Struggles

  Power Struggles: Who’s in Charge Here? When children are rude, or engage in power struggles over who is in charge, how do you respond? Many of us just want to draw a hard line about behaviors we don’t like. “Do it...

  
• 10.06.2016

  Frenemies:Helping Kids Navigate Relationships

  Frenemies: Navigating the Stormy Waters of Childhood Friendships Are we doing all we can in helping children navigate difficult relationships? What should or can a parent do when their child gets into a friendship where there is a big power imbalance?...

  
• 09.29.2016

  Parenting Perfectionists-Raising Humans #5

  Failure is Good for You! How to Parent a Perfectionist by Boosting Optimism There is lot of talk in the media about “daring to fail”, “grit”, and risk taking. If you are the parent of a child who seems to be...

  
• 09.22.2016

  Handling Mealtime Meltdowns with Emotional Intelligence: Raising Humans #04

  Food Fight: Taming Mealtime Meltdowns with Emotional Intelligence Welcome to episode 4 of our podcast, “Raising Humans”. In this brief audio odyssey, we hear from two parents, one cook, and one tough critic. What happens when food and emotions get...

  
• 09.15.2016

  Raising Humans #3-Quality Time-Parenting with EQ

  Finding Quality Time in a Busy World Welcome to the third installment our “Raising Humans” podcast! Finding focused, one-on-one time to spend outside of distractions and outside stimulation can be hard in our rush-rush, stay-busy culture. Those moments when you feel...

  
• 09.09.2016

  Angry kids - Calm Parents: Raising Humans Episode #2

  Episode 2 of Raising Humans Podcast: When you have an angry kid, can you stay calm? How do you feel, (and what do you do?) when your child gets really angry and starts shouting? Do you stay calm? Amidst the screaming,...

  
• 09.01.2016

  Pause, Play or Rewind?-RH01

  Welcome to the first episode of our podcast “Raising Humans”.  We are excited to share tips on parenting and exercises to help parents bring their emotional wisdom to bear on the process of raising humans.  Have you ever wished you had...