Enhancing Executive Function To Curb Bullying & Cruelty

Parents and teachers are wondering what steps to take to help children, tweens and teens develop the internal modulation skills and social-emotional skills to treat themselves and others with respect and dignity. When we develop and collaborate in home and classroom cultures that require dignity and respect, children learn to manage their behaviors in a way that includes others, maintains interpersonal boundaries and reduces words and behaviors that cause emotional and physical harm. Today we talk about teaching self-observation skills and mood management to raise children who are thoughtful and kind, not cruel toward self and others.