Perseverance – The Anxious Empath

Grit: What it is, and why it’s the most important lesson you can teach your child

Today’s children have been brought into a world of instant gratification. You complete a small task, you are rewarded. You take part in an activity, you are rewarded. While positive reinforcement is good and helps a child learn self-esteem, it can cause harm as well. They can become used to the instant reward, the prizeContinue reading “Grit: What it is, and why it’s the most important lesson you can teach your child”

A light in the darkness

Mondays are always hard. Mondays during a pandemic, in the middle of winter, are a different beast altogether. Today is a remote learning day for my girls. Here we sit at the dining room table. Both girls are on their school chrome books and I am on my laptop, while the snow falls quietly outside.Continue reading “A light in the darkness”