Tag Archives: teaching

Learning to Hate

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in character, children's needs, emotional muscle, feelings, influences, mastery, mental health, parent-child relationship, society/culture | Tagged conflict-resolution, emotional muscle, externalization, hate, Jack Novick, Kerry Kelly Novick, love, mastery, parents, persecution, psychoanalysis, reality, responsibility, self-esteem, teaching, tolerance, violence | 4 Comments

Is Disobedience Good?

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in children's needs, emotional muscle, fun ideas, mastery, preschoolers, toddlers, values | Tagged age-appropriate, conflict-resolution, emotional muscle, family activities, fun, Jack Novick, mastery, parenting, setting limits, teaching | 1 Comment

Perfectionism

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Posted in character, children's needs, emotional muscle, mastery, mental health, preschoolers, schoolkids | Tagged age-appropriate, embarrassment, emotional muscle, Kerry Kelly Novick, mastery, parent-child relationship, perfectionism, satisfaction, teaching | 2 Comments

Parents can teach all the time

Posted on April 2, 2011 by Emotional Muscle

Dear Kerry, My kids’ teachers say that I should be supporting what they do at school by extending it at home. I’m not sure what they mean. Isn’t it their job to teach my kids? Sometimes I can’t answer the … Continue reading →

Posted in school issues, schoolkids | Tagged curiosity, emotional muscle, home-school partnership, Kerry Kelly Novick, perfectionism, teaching | Leave a comment