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It was my pleasure on Tuesday to interview Mike Kuczala. His bio speaks for itself; and I have had the pleasure of working with Mike for almost 20 years. Please click on the links below for information about Mike's new book and his website, as well as important Information about The Regional Training Center.  Mike Kuczala has delivered keynotes, given presentations, facilitated professional d...

Since the dawn of public education teachers and schools have focused on the academic achievement of students. All students were expected to leave school with basic reading writing and math skills. Some kids excelled and went on to institutions of higher learning, some were trained at a trade such as carpentry, or auto mechanics, and still others left school with those basics and worked at more lab...

This is the third in a three part series on emotional maturity. In this episode Jim curates an article on emotional intelligence and explains how by being emotionally mature a person can be emotionally intelligent. He goes over some qualities that emotionally intelligent people display and why these qualities are important to teach to our children and students.  The Power Of Consistency The T...

Katie Kuperman is a passionate writer, entrepreneur and mother. Situated in Toronto, Canada, she lives with her family and is the owner and principal copywriter of Striking Content, a content writing and strategizing business. Her life has been rich with a breadth of experience ranging from competitive sport and travel, to academics and entrepreneurship, to motherhood and the pursuit of dreams. Ka...

Parents today have a terrible time when their children leave home. That is because they know deep down that they haven't done enough to prepare their children for independence. Children today are not given enough basic responsibilities, and aren't prepared for being responsible for all that lies ahead in their lives. These children haven't learned enough about survival out in the dog eat dog world...

I interviewed Jen Dalton on my show about 2 months ago and found the interview to be inspiring and thought provoking. So much so that I asked her if she would co-host a show with me. Well, this is the show. I think you will find Jen's knowledge in the area of confidence to be unique and has a nice balance of empirical research and experiential opinion. In case you  missed it I am republishing...

Parents today have a terrible time when their children leave home. That is because they know deep down that they haven't done enough to prepare their children for independence. Children today are not given enough basic responsibilities, and aren't prepared for being responsible for all that lies ahead in their lives. These children haven't learned enough about survival out in the dog eat dog world...

Last week I produced an episode on an article in The NY Times titled " No Way To Grow Up." Great article that spoke to the problems our kids were facing due to virtual learning. This week the NY City Schools want to put everyone on virtual because of staff shortages as well as the number of students who have contracted the CORONA Virus. Mean while parents are up in arms because their child's schoo...

No Way To Grow Up . A great article written in a newsletter by David Leonhardt for The New York Times. The first sentence states: American children are starting 2022 in crisis. Well, American children in every generation have always had some type of crisis. Addiction, bullying, suicidal ideation, depression back in the sixties we had the crisis of academics when Russia put a man in orbit before th...

On Saturday, Tim Throne, who heads the Oxford Community Schools district, detailed in a letter the school's account of several key events leading up to the shooting at the high school by Ethan Crumbley.   "It's critically important to the victims, our staff and our entire community that a full and transparent accounting be made. To that end, I've asked for a third-party investigation be condu...

On November 24 I had the privilege of being interviewed by Dianne DeOliveira a radio host down here at the Jersey Shore. She has several shows, the one that I was interviewed on was Jersey Shore Matters on 107.1 The Boss. She asked some great questions. The purpose of the interview of course was to gain some insight into bullying but also to shed so light on the Wall Township High School Football...

Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/james-burns5/subscribe When we teach kids how to manage stress by nature they become more resilient. Join Jim in part two of a two part podcast on the importance of resilience and what we as teachers and parents can do to help our children handle stress in ways that will strengthen them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.  The Bully...

Well it's happened again. For the second time in fours years another student was hazed and assaulted in a high school locker room in New Jersey. The victim was held down and the perpetrators allegedly tried to sodomy him with a broom stick. You can read the attached article. This podcast offers some suggestions on how we can stop this madness. Better locker room supervision along with stronger mor...

My name is Jim Burns I wanted to take a few minutes to tell you as my readers and listeners about a very interesting and fun way of taking some course work with a reasonable investment of time, and at cost that is totally affordable. Even when you take courses online or virtually there is still an investment of time that must be put in in order to receive the instruction and complete the course. T...

Resiliency is not something that is taught but developed over time through experience and life lessons. We are all only a compilation of what people have said to us and what people have done to us. How we perceive the words and actions of others and difficult situations may determine how resilient we are. If a person is raised in a highly critical home and his/her parents do nothing but correct, c...

So How do you? You will have to listen in to find out. This episode was aired several months ago and was  very popular with my listeners then and i hope my new listeners enjoy it as well. 

Some conversations can be tough to have. But we still have to have them. Do you have the courage to confront without condemning and to disagree with the right attitude. Listen in to find out if you can have courageous conversation.

Here are some of the reasons. Take a listen and see if you have been bullied.

Listen in and find out if your child’s behavior poses a threat to others and could be considered bullying.

Parents who are angry and irate can wreak havoc in a school and can be intimidating. Teachers need to learn how to defuse power struggles and maintain their dignity, as they handle planned and unplanned parent /teacher conferences. We are in a post 9-11 era. Even though security is tight angry parents always seem to find their way in to a school building to try and corner an unsuspecting teacher....

Jen or Jenny Dalton is an author, facilitator, coach,  and healer. Her work in the world flows from facilitating healthier local food systems and fundraising for an orphanage in Haiti, to talking about her recently published book “Of Butterflies & Bullies” – a Judy Blume inspired story about her experience being bullied in 5th grade. She’s also launching, soon, The Better Friends Club whi...

We all are responsible for 5 areas. Our thoughts, words, actions, attitudes, and motives. They are all interrelated and there is a domino effect when we fail to take responsibility in any one area. As an example when we lose control of our thoughts, we may begin to use our words in hurtful and inappropriate ways. Listen to these 2 tips presented in this episode and you will begin to understand why...

The Ground Is Not Leve l, and don't fall into the trap of letting your student's or your children make you think that it is. If you want all 101 tips right now click on the link below.  Anti Bullying 101 On Thursday May 13, 2021 at 11:00 am EST I will be doing a live ZOOM PODCAST that anyone can join. Here I will be answering questions and providing a platform for others to be heard. The link...

They Just Don't Know  In school kids are always asking “Why do we have to do” something, or learn certain academic skills. Bullying behavior can have a lasting effect on those who experience social, emotional, or physical abuse at the hands of a bully. Why don’t kids and bullies in particular heed the warning of adults and just listen and stop saying and doing things that are just downright c...

Stop Asking and Start Telling Don't set yourself up by asking too many questions or giving too many choices. Kids need to be told what to do not asked. You will prevent some big headaches going forward as kids get older. You want all the tips at once click below and get the book along with the anti bullying teacher toolbox.  Anti Bullying 101 + The Anti Bullying Teacher Toolbox