A renowned British educator has urged Australian teachers to take back control of the classrooms amid concerns over Australian students’ worsening discipline and behaviour. Katharine Birbalsingh CBE, British teacher and education reformer and head teacher of Michaela Community School, called for a clear focus on discipline, improved classroom management skills for Australian teachers, and a…
‘Discipline Is a Dirty Word in Most Schools,’ Says Britain’s Famous Educator
Our Invisible Dragons: Learning to Conquer Anxiety
October 13, 2022
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“What, me worry?” was the slogan of Mad Magazine’s fictitious Alfred E. Neuman, whose boyish image became the magazine’s logo. Cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman, who helped develop the icon, remarked that his was “a face that didn’t have a care in the world.” In truth, few people past the age of 18 have carefree faces, and…
Movie Theater Etiquette: Ssshhh!
Going to see a movie is always fun, unless the people around you are misbehaving. Make sure you’re not one of them. Be on Time Show up on time, settling into your seat at least five minutes before the movie begins. Walking in while the movie is playing is disruptive to those who managed to…
Honor and Shame: You Can’t Have One Without the Other
Shame, it seems, has become a homonym, a word spelled and pronounced the same, but with two different meanings. Many today regard shame as a negative emotion, a tag of accusation imposed by others or by ourselves for our faults and failures, with damaging psychological consequences. In her book “Daring Greatly,” author Brené Brown defines…
9 Simple Ways to Brighten Your Child’s Smile
Life these days can seem much too serious. Our kids absorb the worry, the stress, and the heaviness that the adults around them are carrying. Fortunately, it doesn’t take much to lighten things up, brighten their day, and put a smile on their faces. Here are nine simple ideas to turn those frowns upside down….
7 Ways Parents Can Become Better Listeners
Have you ever regretted cutting your child’s long story short or dismissing a child’s need to talk because you were preoccupied with something else? Have you ever grown impatient waiting for a child to finish their long-winded description of a picture they drew or all the things they know about dinosaurs because you were so…
Dear Next Generation: Tips From an 87-Year-Young Patriot on How to Make Life Better
On Aug. 15, I turned 87 years young. Yes, I have been incredibly blessed with good health, a wonderful wife of 50 years, four terrific and successful children, and four outstanding grandchildren—also all successful. I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania, spending summers with my maternal grandparents on a lake in Maine. I learned a primitive…
Leaving the Nest After COVID
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we relate to one another and our children. It forced parents and children together in ways that are both helpful and potentially harmful. For young children and even adolescents, studies before the pandemic showed that parents spent 90 minutes per day with their children on average—not enough to create a strong…
Proverbs to Cherish: ‘Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder’
Recently, my husband had to take a job in another region for a few months. During that time, I felt more than ever the insightfulness of the proverb “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” I used to think it was a bit of an overly affected saying, but now that I’ve experienced it fully, I…
Raising Girls to Be Real Women
I recently wrote an article providing some forgotten tips on how to raise boys to be real men. But boys aren’t the only sex that we need help raising. Boys are getting sucked into the feminist vortex of our culture, but that vortex also is swallowing girls at perhaps an even greater frequency. So how…
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