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Self-care for Children

By Wendy Taylor There has been a great deal of talk about the importance of self-care. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a great deal of stress, worry, and unease for all of us. What we don’t hear enough about, however, is how crucial self-care can be for children’s well-being. During this time that adults need …

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Calming Activities to Destress: For Elementary Schoolers

Calming Activities to Destress: For Elementary Schoolers

by Wendy Taylor Finding a sense of calm is likely difficult for kids right now, no matter their age. Our world as we know it has halted. It’s been replaced by what seems like one long, continuous day where there are few happenings that distinguish today from yesterday. It is disconcerting, to say the least. For …

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Curb your Words: Remedies for Foul Language

By Wendy Taylor For preschoolers and early elementary-age children, “bad words” might range from potty language and/or bodily function-themed terms to outright curse words. In most instances, youngsters are experimenting with language from a few different angles. 1) They are likely completely unaware of what these adult curse words mean, but they are using them simply …

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Child Discipline: Spanking & Brain Chemistry

by Dr. Samantha C. Sweeney, Ph.D., School Psychologist, fpsch.com Child discipline is an important and, sometimes, controversial topic. Many people have very strong feelings about their family’s approach to developing and maintaining a child’s behavior. What I hope this post does is take some of the emotion out of the discussion and help us stick …

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Entitlement In Private School: The Newest Normal

by Ned the Noodge, The DC area’s premiere pain in the butt educatorThe views of Ned the Noodge are his and his alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of DCschoolHUB and its employees. One of my colleagues in the lower school was complaining at lunch about a new parent. She told me that …

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