Ted Talks – Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

Ted Talks – Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t...
TED Talks: Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection

TED Talks: Teach Girls Bravery, Not Perfection

Reshma Saujani: Teach girls bravery, not perfection Speaker Reshma Saujani We’re raising our girls to be perfect, and we’re raising our boys to be brave, says Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. Saujani has taken up the charge to socialize young...

Empathy in Action

Empathy in Action Sitting together after dinner, Greg, Harry’s dad, is channel surfing and Harry, a seventh grader, is playing a game on his iPad. “Dad, did my science teacher contact you?” “No,” Greg replies as he clicks the TV off and...

The Tween Times: Empathy in Action

The Tween Times News, support, and stories to empower you raising your tween. Empathy in Action Sitting together after dinner, Greg, Harry’s dad, is channel surfing and Harry, a seventh grader, is playing a game on his iPad. “Dad, did my science teacher...

How to Validate Character in Adolescents

How to Validate Character in Adolescents It begins when we notice our tweens and teens being honesty, responsible, considerate, and other characteristics that display their integrity and leadership. Next, we talk with them, one on one, about a specific instance. The...