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3 Ideas on Changing a Strong-Willed Child’s Behavior
Parents and teachers can throw around the term ‘strong-willed’. But I typically see these children as more ‘internally motivated’ Kids that i’ve come in contact with who i’d describe this way are more interested in what they want to do… And not what they should be doing which is the issue. So how you can…
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5 Reasons Why Your Child Might Want to Spend All Their Free Time in Front of the Computer (or Device)
(In this article I will refer to a computer, but I mean any type of device i.e. phone, iPad, laptop, etc.) Imagine if work got called off for the day. You were still going to get paid but had some time up your sleeve you didn’t think you’d have… What would you do and where…
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9 Life Lessons That Woodworking Gives Young People
Here’s a short list of general life lessons that I’ve noticed kids learn when working with wood. The List of Woodworking Lessons that Last a Lifetime: 1. You Get Out What You Put In Many kids are given a lot these days. A lot of; Toys Food Things to watch on TV and YouTube Games…
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How to Introduce Children to the Pleasure of Building Projects
One thing I notice about people who do woodworking is that the passion for it developed quite naturally and independently. We all decided that we liked woodworking, on our own terms I remember what got me interested. My dad used to make furniture and bits and pieces out of wood for around the home. I…
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Brain Development That Happens When Young People Take Up Woodworking
These days education seems so literal and focused on results… The cycle goes something like this: Get introduced to a new topic Memorize it Study for test Take test Get a grade Repeat This can sound productive but it removes ‘learning’ and replaces it with ‘remembering’. There is a place for remembering in schools, but…
