Helping Children Handle Disappointment and Failure

In January, I wrote a post entitled Embrace the Shake .  It was based on artist  Phil Hansen's TED talk about a tremor that …

What If You Embrace the Limitation?

In a previous post I talked about failure and the learning that can come from that.  In this post, I'd like to talk about th…

Should We Eliminate Failure from our Children's Lives?

In my last post , I talked about recognizing the gifts that we all have and the diversity of those gifts.  Understanding our uniq…

"I Wasn't Losing, I Was Learning How To Win" Ted Turner

Image by 'PixelPlacebo' via Flickr The character education word of the week at my school is self-confidence.  I was talk…