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•To thrive, children need to experience awe. An interesting piece on the importance of awe for children to thrive at different developmental stages of their lives: Read more HERE…

•What defines you? Knowing what you value and making it the focus of your life will not mean you are never sad, or disappointed, or envious of other people on social media, and it won’t cure every existential crisis. The more clear you are about who you are, the less likely you will care what others are doing or think of you. Read more HERE

•Viktor Frankl in Man’s Search for Meaning identified that the purpose of life is to live it. Find meaning and beauty in the life through lived experience. Having a purpose in life is one of the most fundamental human needs. However, for most people, finding their purpose in life is not obvious. Modern life has a way of distracting people from their true goals and many people find it hard to define their purpose in life. Some empirically based practical strategies for finding your why. Read more HERE

•Remember the antithesis of the parent voice filled rec soccer fields on Saturday mornings? Remember when kids were free to play, negotiate their lives, and have fun! “If you doubt the cause-effect connection between our depriving kids of independent activities and the rise of their unhappiness,” please examine the evidence from Peter Gray. Read more about the need for independent play from one of the best researchers on play. Read it HERE

•Where do you fall on the issue of cell phone bans in schools? These three schools have recently implemented policies banning cell phones in some or all areas of the school—but each has taken a very different approach…HERE