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Social and Emotional learning builds character traits that provide kids with benefits that last a lifetime and lessons from Personal Growth and Positive Psychology can change the future and our kid’s lives.

From Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill and Samuel Clement Stone to Zig Zigler, Tony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Deepak Chopra and Dr. Wayne Dyer, the message about how to live a life without excuses, doubts, fears and to its absolute fullest has been blasted loud and clear for all of us to hear for a very long time. continue to read »

“Emotional literacy is one of the most important keys to mental health and well-being” says Christine Carter PhD. of The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley, and a critical window of opportunity exists for character development and instilling emotional literacy.   Dr. David Hamburg, psychiatrist and President of the Carnegie Corporation says from ages 6 to 11 “school is a crucible and a defining experience that will heavily influence children’s adolescence and beyond” Dr. Hamburg also notes that in children entering middle school “there is something different about those who have had emotional literacy classes” He has found they are less troubled than their peers by the new pressures they are facing like increased academic demands, peer politics and temptations to use drugs and alcohol.  They seem to have mastered abilities to read and understand their emotions and those of others.  Emotional literacy represents a body of skills that can be defined with the word character, and character is all about self-discipline and self-control, delayed gratification and self motivation. continue to read »