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Words Matter:  Believe it or not, having rules, expectations and boundaries to follow, makes children feel loved and protected. Without rules, they begin to question if they even matter to us. Parenting is of two types usually. Permissive parenting is where the parent is less controlling and willing the child to fail and learn on their own. On the extreme, the child is usually indulged in wha...

The Dichotomy Of Life & Our Existential Angst:   When our minds and hearts can’t put a finger on our deepest insecurities, a feeling called the existential angst is born. Unlike many of our seemingly fleeting emotions like sadness, hate and hurt, this feeling seems to linger around longer. It shows up as deep anxiety when we’re faced with uncertainty, and makes us battle our instincts and...

Reasons Why We Fear Death People who don’t know what to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon want to live forever. That’s the lure of immortality. All throughout our lives, we strive for wealth, fame, knowledge and happiness. And we want to also live on forever so we can enjoy our lives. We want to avoid the inevitable, we fret about it and we feel abnormal about the most normal aspect of everyone’s live...

Years ago, there was an experiment that was conducted by an American Developmental Psychologist named Edward Tronik called the Still Face experiment. Children as young as 1 year old are put in front of their mother who suddenly in the middle of a play session turns insensitive and cold to their emotions and reactions. It's a cruel experiment to watch, even for those 2 minutes that it lasts, but th...

What Children teach us about Mindfulness: Children are mindful creatures. Their definition of daily success is simplistic and filled with bursts of creativity. Being present with them teaches us to be childlike with our thinking. a. They don't rule anything out.  b. They take baby steps never answering anything big and overwhelming.  c. They go for the obvious rather than over-complicate...

Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room By William Wordsworth Nuns fret not at their Convent’s narrow room; And Hermits are contented with their Cells; And Students with their pensive Citadels; Maids at the Wheel, the Weaver at his Loom, Sit blithe and happy; Bees that soar for bloom, High as the highest Peak of Furness-Fells, Will murmur by the hour in Foxglove bells: In truth the prison, in...

Trust, Truth, And Technology:   Rabbit holes. Endless scrolls. That’s where we spend the majority of our waking hours – at the mercy of our smart phones and its endless content. There’s no better place to watch the dynamics of human behavior than on the internet these days. Because, we have all but stopped interacting with strangers anywhere else in real life. Just why are we addicted to Tech...

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Art As A Medium Of Expression: “…language is not merely a device for communicating ideas about the world, but rather a tool for bringing the world into existence in the first place. Reality is not simply ‘experienced’ or ‘reflected’ in language, but instead is actually produced by language.” Says Terence McKenna in his book, Food of the Gods. Somehow, art, as a medium of communication feels the sa...

Knowledge Economy And The Future Of Work: In this digital age of information overload, there is a greater need to teach our kids how to process information and how to make sense of it rather than giving them more information via curriculum. Technologies in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, big data analytics, UX (User experience) design are rapidly evolving. In fact, they are evolving at a...

Here's how millennials and GenZ are applying for jobs:  University Grad: *applies to job posting  Recruiter: "You have the right skills, we're just looking for someone with a bit more experience... University Grad: *downloads Face App age filter and syncs to their Linkedin picture  Recruiter: "Wait a minute, I think we can make this work. When can you start?" Read more HERE: https:/...

Make Focus Sustainable: Focus sustainable is focus achievable. Before your sit down for deep work, go to the bathroom, don’t be hungry and run from your smartphone. It’s really that simple. Time box your essential tasks and leave some unstructured time for yourself for unforeseen emergencies. Simplify: The first step is to simplify your surroundings. Simplify the signals you are sending to your br...

Kinds Of Digital Parenting: There are three kinds of Digital-age parents. Digital Enablers are those parents that live and let their children live. They love their technology and as a result their children are blessed with plenty of screen time. Their argument – this is the iGeneration, they have a different childhood than our own. We have to evolve with time or else we’ll be left in the dust. Dig...

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What To Tell Our Children:    What we remember about the Covid might be drastically different than what our children will hold in their memories. While our schools are closing, we have no money and work, while we’re constantly running out of cleaning supplies and toilet paper, and almost dying a few times each day of burnout, our children are busy living each day as it unfolds. So, let’s...

Staying Relevant In A Volatile Landscape:   Without personal accountability and a deep-rooted interest in human connections, our work cannot drive the positive and global impact we intend for it to have. Without the right intentions and ethics, even the best tools in our hands can become weapons of mass destruction. In this digital age of information overload, there is a greater need to teach...

Foster Problem Solving: If Covid has taught us an important lesson, it is that the world will always keep changing and we will always have problems. That’s the only constant in our lives. Let’s teach our children how to design solutions to problems. We must teach them how to face obstacles and find the self-motivation to keep going. We must expose them to adversity and not hide them from it. How l...

February is the month of love and when a lot of us who're looking for love feel the most vulnerable. In our search for the right partner, we expend our self esteem and our decision making muscle.  It doesn't have to be that way if we remember how Big Tech and the App industry is exploiting our weaknesses and making us hooked.  Ghosting, benching, and gas lighting knows no gender differen...

What is Character: Character is the predictable disposition of a human being. It is what makes a man compassionate and considerate for others. Character is the ability to know how to act in a crowd under the public eye and also the ability to be your true-self when no one is looking. It is the characteristics of trustworthiness, equanimity and fairness. What is Character Education Intervention: Ed...

Our story of life gets lost in the clutter of our day-to-day activities. We lose ourselves in the broadcast of how others are living their life. We follow their directions, their advice, and start to lose the flavor of who we truly are.  Whether it is the next Netflix recommendation or the next hike you want to go on, don't stop your exploration just because someone said so.  Seize back...

How To Bring An Education Revolution: Let's start by educating them in the ethics of computing language. Let's engage them in open ended questions to improve their meta cognition and meta learning. We must help them understand the importance of people management, and the power of conflict resolution, negotiation and persuasion. How can they convert all this knowledge they have at their finger tips...

The Teen Life Skills Checklist:    * Confidence: Developing self awareness about their strengths. * Divergent Thinking: Encouraging their problem solving skills using open ended questions. * Secrets Of Leadership: Teaching them that by taking initiative, anyone can be a leader. * Resilience: Understanding the courage to take risks within reasonable limits and trying again after failure....

Parenting During A Pandemic:   Two people have the most important jobs in the world. Parents. And Teachers. More than a billion school age kids are out of school at this moment. Teachers are busy figuring out the digital learning landscape. So its important that they stay connect, keep curriculum and teaching methods relevant to the need of the day. Parents are acting as double agents, naviga...