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“Emotional Agility” is a book I recommend written by Harvard psychologist Susan David. In it she talks about the power of acknowledging and feeling negative emotions and research to support how it makes us more resilient. You can also watch Dr. David’s impactful TED Talk: https://loom.ly/GlAibJ4

The Making Caring Common project at Harvard interviewed over 10,000 middle and high school students about their values and the messages about values they're getting from parents and other adults in their lives. About 80% of the youth in the survey report that their parents are more concerned about achievement or happiness than caring for others. A similar percentage of youth perceive teachers as prioritizing students’ achievements over their caring.
We can tell our kids that being honest, or kind to others is important, but it's essential for us to notice what we are paying attention to, where our resources are going, and what we're modeling for our kids and other young people in our lives. As the saying goes, "It's not what's taught, it's what's caught." Let's be mindful of whether and how we are living out values of kindness, fairness, empathy, self-responsibility, etc. Impressionable people are watching.
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The Children We Mean to Raise: The Real Messages Adults Are Sending About Values — Making Caring Common Our youth’s values appear to be awry, and the messages that we’re unintentionally sending as adults may be at the heart of the problem. According to our recent national survey, a large majority of youth across a wide spectrum of races, cultures, and classes appear to value aspects of personal su...

Family therapy pioneer Virginia Satir identified the "Five Freedoms" that she saw as vital for psychological development. She wisely knew that many of us learn things in our families when we're small that we never unlearn and can get in the way of forming healthy relationships and realizing our full humanity and potential.

5 Freedoms