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From Classroom to Home: One Teacher's Journey to Positive Parenting

by Ashley Patek on Jan 23 2020

After maternity leave, I decide to shift from my role as a teacher of an academic classroom to that of teaching our “one and only.” My full momma heart told me that I would nail it. I mean, how hard could it be to teach one child when I had taught so many?

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The Day My Son Told Me "Mad is Bad"

by Ashley Patek on Jan 03 2020

When our children believe that unpleasant emotions are "bad", they become unsafe to feel those emotions. However all emotions are sacred and useful. Here's why. Read more.

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The Gift Of Life And One Mama's Fight For Her Son

by Ashley Patek on Dec 09 2019

A mother's devotion to finding a cure for her son's rare kidney disease and to helping him manage his big feelings along the way.

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Preschool Teacher Creates Calming Corner to Teach Students About Emotions

by Ashley Patek on Nov 26 2019

In a nook in the back near the teacher’s desk, a cozy, safe place exists. It is a place to explore feelings. A place to regulate. A place to take a break and just be. Welcome to Emily Brown’s preschool classroom. Emily is a teacher dedicated to helping her students learn about, notice and practice their emotions.

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How One Child Learned To Manage His Emotions By Watching His Sister

by Ashley Patek on Nov 15 2019

With the use of the Time-In-Toolkit and SnuggleBuddies Plush Toys, one child learned how to manage his emotions by modeling his older sister.

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Blue Dolphin and Green Hummingbird Are Perfectly Imperfect

by Ashley Patek on Jul 16 2019

A manufacturing inaccuracy of Generation Mindful's SnuggleBuddies gave rise to a beautiful lesson: we are all perfectly imperfect.

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Enhancing Emotional Development to Treat Child Depression

by Alex Petrou on Sep 13 2018

A recent study shows that focusing on the parent-child relationship and enhancing emotional development may be a powerful and low-risk approach to the treatment of depression.

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I Am Perfect Just The Way I Am

by Alex Petrou on Sep 07 2018

Feelings Friday #20: I am perfect just the way I am. A tribute to the late Fred Rogers, soft focus and the SnuggleBuddies gang. xo

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