Center for Reflective Communities

03/29/2020

Dr. Alex Korb is doing a 3 part webinar on how to keep your stress under control. I watched the first one. I am the Founder of CRC, and I really recommend it. He gives you insight into your stress but also offers practical advice on what you can do. The ideas are helpful fo you now, during the Corona Virus crisis. They will also be useful in the future, for any situation of stress.

Is stress bad for you? No … and yes. As with everything in the brain it’s complicated. First off, stress is essential to survival. On top of that it’s also a key part of many positive feelings like excitement. Stress can also improve mental and physical performance and even boost the immune sy...

08/06/2019

Avoid failure at your own risk. Educators and successful people tell us that the path to success is littered with mistakes and failures.

12/30/2018

Parenting did not exist as a concept until the 1970’s. Since then parenting as an activity of adults who have children has gotten more and more intense. Why is that? It’s because of economics. Today’s children are less likely to surpass their parents than in earlier generations. This article explains the pressures parents feel to try and ensure that their child gets ahead of the pack. Unfortunately this pressure to achieve may be reducing the overall well-being of children parents and families. Reflective Parenting offers a way to maintain a healthy life balance.

Raising children has become significantly more time-consuming and expensive, amid a sense that opportunity has grown more elusive.

12/09/2018

Stop trying to be perfect. That's the message we should give to ourselves as parents and to our children as students. Studies show perfect grades do not lead to greater success. Here is a reassuring article that emphasizes just this point.

If you always succeed in school, you’re not setting yourself up for success in life.

12/01/2018

Too much screen time is harmful because it overstimulates the brain's reward system, in much the same way as drugs do. Now that the Silicon Valley Tech world is having kids, they finally have caught up to the idea that kids should be protected from too much screen time; and that very kids should probably have NO screen time at all.

“I am convinced the devil lives in our phones.”

11/22/2018

The Holidays are a time of high pressure. They stir up intense, often painful feelings. Dr. Borelli is a wise researcher who works to help parents ease the stress of parenting in emotionally tumultuous situations.

Why cutting the pressure on you and your kids is the best recipe.

09/17/2018

Don't miss out on our Early Bird Special! Apply for the next Reflective Supervision training here:http://reflectivecommunities.org/wp-content/uploads/Reflective-Supervision-OCT-2018-registration-1.pdf

09/15/2018

Social skills are what children need to succeed. That’s because social skills contain all the necessary elements that children require in order to regulate their behavior, have emotional well-being, achieve in school, and use later on to do well in the workplace. Read more:
http://reflectivecommunities.org/social-emotional-learning-is-the-natural-way-for-children-to-succeed/

09/05/2018

Chores are so good for children, it’s worth all the effort parents have to make to get their child to do them. Read more: http://reflectivecommunities.org/chores-are-so-good-for-children-its-worth-all-the-effort-parents-have-to-make-to-get-their-child-to-do-them/

08/28/2018

Children need more time to play. That means parents need to schedule them less. Play is a natural way that children learn critical thinking, resilience, and social skills. Play also enhances creativity, problem solving and cooperation. The play can be with other children or with you the parent. Read more: http://reflectivecommunities.org/children-need-more-time-to-play-that-means-parents-need-to-schedule-them-less/