Finding the Perfect Gift for Your Kids this Holiday Season
By Trishia Van Orden It really is “the most wonderful time of the year!” There is always so much to see, do, and GIVE! If you are like me, you spend most of your time trying to find the best gift for each member of your family. Sometimes this can be easy;other times...
Teach More Than “Charity” This Season, Teach Your Kids Empathy!
By Mary Ann Benson, M.S.W., L.S.W. One of the most influential quotes I have ever heard was “I can’t hear a word you’re saying. Your example is screaming in my ears.” I believe the ability to be empathetic is natural for some people, but anyone can learn that critical...
Teaching Gratitude: It’s Simple, Really
By Haley Hawks This week I visited my boyfriend’s family for one of their annual holiday traditions. We spent ten days on a remote, tiny island with almost constant noise and people. I come from a small, quiet family and have found myself feeling annoyed and...
Enseñanza Gratitud: Es simplemente, realmente
Por Haley Hawks Esta semana visité la familia de mi novio para una de sus tradiciones de las fiestas anuales. Pasamos diez días en una pequeña isla remota, con el ruido casi constante y la gente. Vengo de una familia pequeña, tranquila y he encontrado a mí mismo...
Four Simple Ways to Let Go of Social Media This Holiday Season
By Haley Hawks Many of my early memories focus on horses and my dad. Even from a very young age, my father would take me with him to ride through tall black pine forests full of creeks and fallen trees, looking for those last elusive cows to push up or down the...
5 Ways Kids Can Use Smartphones for Good
By Haley Hawks I was born in 1995, and it seemed to me that I was right in the middle of a major technological revolution. I remember when my school went from no computers, to mandatory computer classes, with handwritten papers quite literally a thing of the past. I...
Ripples: Teach Your Kids What They Post MATTERS
We can empower our kids to see their influence and potential to make this world a better place—through technology. As we have evolved into a world full of technology, every human is now affected by its power and influence—especially our children! Ripples: All of our...
Teach Your Child Body Gratitude
Our kids receive hundreds, possibly thousands of messages every day from friends, family members, acquaintances, advertisements, social media, TV, and elsewhere. So many of these messages are about our bodies and can alter the way we see ourselves. This is why is so...
Believe What You See? Teaching Kids to Interpret Media Illusions
By Melody Bergman There is an old saying, “Seeing is believing.” But can we really say that anymore? Where media is concerned, you may be surprised. And what about our kids? The only way they will know how to distinguish between illusion and reality is if we...
My Daughter, the P*rn Addict: Four Tips to Help Your Child Through A P*rn Addiction
By Haley Hawks Next week is WRAP (White Ribbon Against Pornography) Week. Educate and Empower Kids hopes you find this article useful to you and your children! You’re sitting in your living room when your daughter calls. She’s been away at school for several months...
