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Coaching Children's Behavior and Emotions
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Curbing minor behavior issues quickly and effectively
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There are many times when the child’s behavior does not really require “The Talk.” In less serious moments, there are a few tools that work better than others to get the situation back on track.
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5 Approaches to Discipline
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How does one correct maladaptive behavior without using punishment, guilt, rewards, or sidling up friendly like?
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Success Counseling
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Sequel to the “5 Approaches” article above. Gain a better understanding of how to coach children toward an internally desired, positive, future state.
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Picking up the rope
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“No!” “You can’t make me!” “But why?!”
These are the beginning of a “game” of tug-of-war. Learn how to recognize rope throwing, and deal with it positively and powerfully.
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Child’s Play
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101 Things Every Child Should Do
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Lists such as this are of course completely arbitrary, but they can still be fun, insightful, and useful as inspiration.
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Games Without Electricity
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More Child Development
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40 Developmental Assets
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They are positive experiences, opportunities, and personal qualities that all children and adolescents from many cultural backgrounds need to be responsible, successful, and caring. Learn what they are and how camp can help to foster some of them.
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Self-esteem
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Learn what self-esteem is and is not. Common misconceptions are also addressed.
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Homesickness
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95% of campers report some feelings of missing home. This is natural and normal. Learn more about homesickness and how to deal with it.
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Communication Skills
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Clean Communication
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One hallmark of a healthy environment inside or outside of a camp is “clean communication.” Learn the six faces of dirty communication, and how to avoid them. Critical information for all interpersonal relationships.
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Difficult Conversations Made Easier
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Learn how you can say to yourself “I’m confident that I can bring up a difficult issue and have us both walk away happy, and with clear intentions for change.”
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Communicating Emotion Intelligently
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Learn several tools that will enable you to take aggressive and unhelpful statements/conversations and turn them toward positive and constructive ends. Turns daggers into flowers.
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Three words to breath easier
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These three words changed my life and the lives of those around me. Invest 5 minutes and see how they might change yours as well.
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Four-ish letter words
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Good, nice, mean, cool, fine, like, sure, okay, alright, awesome, whatever, yeah . . . these words can be pretty empty. Learn more about them and how to speak with more clarity and depth.
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Educational Praise
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“Good job” and “that was great!” are often heard coming from adults when speaking to children. Learn how to be more specific and effective with your praise.
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Other
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5 Leadership Styles
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This useful framework quickly identifies five common approaches toward leading others.
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The Heart of Camping
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Physical and mental elements of camps are often considered, but the heart of a camp is where the power, meaning, and connection often happen. Learn the benefits of finding a camp with heart, as well as how to pick out such a camp.
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Wish, Wonder, and Surprise
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Creators of any ilk entreat Wish, open to Wonder, and are readily tickled by Surprise. Learn what they are, how they are experienced in normal life by children and adults, how children experience them at camp, what is different about Wish, Wonder, and Surprise at camp, and how to enrich daily family life with Wish, Wonder, and Surprise.
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Videos for Enlightenment
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These videos shed light on areas of American culture that many people are not fully aware of. It is important to understand the culture, the sea we’re swimming in, in order to effect it.
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Character insight
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What works and what doesn’t in raising people of character? Find out some best practices here.
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