| By: Committee for Children Welcoming a New Neighbor—Activity Age 3-5—In this game adapted from the Second Step: Social-Emotional Skills for Early Learning Program, you can help your child practice the skill of welcoming someone new.Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya New Year, ReNEWed Focus on Social-Emotional Learning at Home The new year is the perfect time to set some goals for enhancing your child's social-emotional learning skills. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Holiday Stress Buster Can social-emotional learning help combat holiday stress? Absolutely! Check out Melissa Benaroya's blog all about it. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Teaching Empathy, Respect, and Compassion over the Holidays CFC blogger Melissa Benaroya has put together a great list of SEL-focused ideas to get families started with volunteering and giving opportunities this holiday season. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Cultivating an Attitude of Gratitude Is giving thanks something we can do on a daily basis with and around our children? Absolutely! CFC's parenting blogger Melissa Benaroya walks us through just how to do it. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Safeguarding Kids from Cyber Bullying What can parents do to protect their children from cyberbullying? Read Melissa Benaroya's blog to find out. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Cultivating Character Can character traits be cultivated through social-emotional learning? Melissa Benaroya walks us through specific ways to support and nurture the character traits you may want to see in your children. Read More
| By: Committee for Children Why Don’t Kids Report Bullying? There’s good evidence that young people often don’t report bullying to adults. Children are adept at hiding bullying-related behaviors and the unequal “shadow” power dynamics that can exist among them. Because of this secrecy, adults underestimate the seriousness and extent of bullying at their schools. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Three Strategies for Managing Back-to-School Stressors Making the transition into back-to-school mode can be stressful for both parents and kids. Committee for Children blogger and Grow Parenting Family coach Melissa Benaroya shares her strategies for easing the angst. Read More
| By: Melissa Benaroya Teachable Moments: The 2016 Presidential Election The election process presents parents with a plethora of unique opportunities to teach core social-emotional learning (SEL) skills, such as empathy, emotion management, and social problem-solving while addressing topics such as accepting differences, dealing with gossip, bullying, and name-calling. Blogger Melissa Benaroya discusses. Read More