| By: Andrea Lovanhill Build Good Habits and Routines with Your Family This Summer “Make a schedule,” they all said. And I, being the type-A person I am, took great delight in making my schedule on day one on the stay-at-home order, complete with a plan to iterate on that schedule and adapt it collaboratively with my kids as we tried to find our new normal. That was then.Read More
| By: Andrea Lovanhill How to Access Your SEL Superpower and Avoid Pandemic Panic Social-emotional learning (SEL) is a lifelong process. Adults need to nurture their social-emotional skills and competencies in order to effectively model these skills for kids and assist children in their own growth and development. In times of Read More
| By: Andrea Lovanhill Put on Your Oxygen Mask First: How to Practice Self-Care During Physical Isolation I’ll be the first to admit I’m a bit resistant to a lot of self-care options, even during times of crisis. Maybe that’s because I come from family of nurses who seem to take on the world with little regard for themselves. Maybe it’s becauRead More
| By: Andrea Lovanhill During the Pandemic, Answer the Hard Questions My oldest child is 6 years old and he has been asking me hard questions from the moment he could talk. When he was just shy of 3 he asked me in a single conversation what happens when we die, how babies are made, and if giraffes can run. I’ve hRead More
| By: Committee for Children Putting an Emphasis on Educator Self-Care How site and district leaders can support teachers during this uncertain time. Read More
| By: Andrea Lovanhill Real-Life Parenting Tips for a Pandemic I’m what some might call a worrier. It’s not apparent. I have a very calm exterior honed through years of practice and—if my son is any indication—some sort of innate genetic predisposition of appearing unaffected in even the most dire ofRead More
| By: Committee for Children How Legislation Can Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse After a long period of decreases, there has been a recent uptick1 in reported and confirmed cases of child sexual abuse in the United States. Today, one in four girls and one in 20 boys report experiencing sexual abuse before the age oRead More
| By: Jordan Posamentier Talking SEL Is Hard—We’re Making It Easier Talking SEL Is Hard—We’re Making It Easier Evidence-Based Takeaways for Lawmakers and Decisionmakers Read More
| By: Committee for Children Welcome to The Imagine Neighborhood Imagine a world where a dinosaur princess rules the land, but she’s having trouble waiting for her birthday. Imagine a place where a robot vampire is a little nervous about meeting his new babysitter. Read More
| By: Committee for Children What Are You Doing to Reduce Teacher Turnover? Unprecedented numbers of teachers are leaving the profession. A solution is right in your building. Unprecedented numbers of teachers are leaving the profession. A solution is right in your building.Read More