Lifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
In this brief but important episode, Dr. Shaw discusses the need for setting boundaries for young children and her approach is always that children who, for example, have temper tantrums actually ARE ASKING for and know they need boundaries. She begins by discussing an example of a substitute teacher who has temporarily taken over an unruly class and suddenly that class is well behaved. In that case, it's not that the children have changed, it's that the person in charge is earning respect and treating the children with respect as well, and the mutual respect that they share leads to harmony. Dr. Shaw also talks about the role of parents in setting boundaries and she acknowledges that parents have a different relationship with their children and that boundaries might be more challenging. Still, if you don't display a high threshold for chaos and if you don't just act mean or demanding and if you simply have the correct boundaries that are respective and have give and take, you'll have positive results.
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