To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Encourage her to harness the power of passion and perseverance. In their book, U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), Dan Lerner and Dr. Alan Schlechter explain the roles that passion and perseverance play in achieving success. Here are some practical ways in […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Teach him to cultivate happiness and positivity. In their book, U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), Dan Lerner and Dr. Alan Schlechter provide lots of research-based advice on how to thrive in school, at work and in life. One of the things […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Ensure that she makes time for aerobic activity every day. Throughout the month of May, I will be providing tips based on the book U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life). It was written by Dan Lerner and Dr. Alan Schlechter, who team-teach […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Teach him a time management habit that only takes five minutes per day. Time management is about much more than cramming as much work as possible into a limited time period. Planning-out your tasks can actually reduce a lot of unnecessary stress. As Georgetown University […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Help him defeat procrastination by adopting effective work habits. Let’s be honest: school work is not always enjoyable! However, it’s unavoidable. Our natural urge to put-off doing unpleasant things often leads us to procrastinate, which results in us rushing to do things at the last […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Help her create an action plan that will harness the power of habits. In his book Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results Stephen Guise explains how to harness the power of habits to achieve your goals, instead on relying on motivation or ambition. Studies have […]
Set yourself up to succeed by developing mini habits. This month, I will be focusing on the power of developing mini habits (also called micro habits). I was inspired by the book Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results, by Stephen Guise. In his journey to kick bad habits and develop better ones, Guise tried many […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Ensure that video games are not interfering with his sleep. Many teenagers – and up to 75% of boys – regularly play video games, whether on a computer, smartphone or game console. Studies have shown that the more time a teen spends playing video games, […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Create optimal conditions for quality sleep. Teenagers need eight to ten hours of quality sleep every night to maintain a healthy body and mind. Here are some ways in which you can create optimal sleeping conditions for your child – and yourself! Create a sleep-friendly […]
To help your child become an autonomous and resilient learner: Create a healthy sleep cycle for her by controlling her exposure to screens. In his article The Science of Sleep, published in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine, Michael Finkel talks about the amazing journey our mind takes while we sleep, and how […]