Hey Kids! Watch Mighty Machines Digging a Hole

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Be sure to listen to the song at the end of this video! 

Mindfulness Training and Test Scores? Really?

Teach me Something! Studies reporting the  benefits of mindfulness training keep rolling in—not quite with the regularity of those distracting thoughts that keep popping up in your head, but at a good clip nonetheless.

The latest, from a team at the University of California, Santa Barbara, reports even a short, two-week course in focusing the mind can lead to immediate, tangible results: higher scores on tests measuring reasoning and comprehension.

This is Awesome!

If I Had My Children to Raise all over Again...

Teach me Something!

I'd build self-esteem first,
and the house later.
I'd finger paint more,
and point the finger less.
I would give a hundred kisses and hugs a day!
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I'd take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I would care to know less and know to care more.
I'd take more hikes and fly more kites.
I'd stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I'd ignore the stares and stare at more stars.
I'd do more hugging and less tugging.
I'd see the oak in the acorn more often.
I would be firm less often, and affirm much more.
I'd abandon my love of power, for the power of love.
And I would be a much better listener...

Be the extraordinary parent you always wanted to be. Today!