Archive for 'Divorce & Family Issues'

Four Ways Classroom Teachers Can Include Students and Families Coping with Divorce

Four Ways Classroom Teachers Can Include Students and Families Coping with Divorce

The news lately has been filled with images divorce thanks to Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries (I know, I don’t care either, but a lot of people or at least media outlets do). While the comings [...]

Lack Of Consistency After Divorce Leads Some Teens To Alcohol, Marijuana Use

Lack Of Consistency After Divorce Leads Some Teens To Alcohol, Marijuana Use

In September, I was intrigued during a workshop with teens to hear that a lack of consistency after parental divorce had led a number of teens and their peers to start using pot and to start [...]

Middle School – An Important Time To Teach Empathy and Compassion

Middle School – An Important Time To Teach Empathy and Compassion

  The middle school years are an important time to teach empathy, and compassion. Pre-teens have the full range of feelings while still willing to acknowledge and communicate about them. How We Learn to Hide, Deny [...]