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Should I Choose a Single-sex School for My Child?

Phillips Exeter Academy

The single-sex school originated during the 18th century, when rich families sent their sons to “special” schools. Only later, in the 19th century, when the awareness of the value of education increased, were girls also sent to study. Single-sex schools were very popular in England and now also in Australia.

Today, the single-sex schools are popular among religious populations and even more during high school.

Supporters of single-sex schools believe they help kids concentrate on their academic work and avoid the sexual distractions of adolescence.

Critics believe that some social skills relating to the opposite sex reaches its peak development during teenage and that if teens do not have enough practice, this limit their social skills and their ability to relate later on.

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March 14, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Ask Ronit, Did You Know?, Education / Learning, Opinion, Parenting Tags: academic performance, behavior / discipline, communication styles, dad, education / learning, father, gender, happiness, k-12 education, learning styles, mom, mother, practical parenting / parents, school, skills, social skills, success

My kids don’t eat the food I make. What should I do?

Happy boy eating chocolate

Kids’ eating habits are very important for parents and it is very frustrating to prepare food and find out your kids do not like it.

If you look at this issue from an emotional point of view, it has to do with control. Your kids are exercising control over what and when they eat, while you try to keep that control. Once you look at it this way, though, the solution is simple.

Here are some great things that will get your kids to eat well.

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March 13, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Ask Ronit, Health / Wellbeing, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: anorexia, behavior / discipline, body image, control, diet, eating disorders, emotional intelligence, family matters, fat, food, kids / children, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents

How School Promotes Low Self Esteem

Kids in aising their hands

Last week, in Self Esteem Mini-Course (part 1), I wrote about the definition of self-esteem. This week, let us explore how school promotes low self-esteem in children and shapes our society in the opposite way.

Since our self-esteem is based on our perception of ourselves and school is the place we spend most of our time between the ages of 6 and 12, every school experience either increases or decreases our self-esteem.

This post is part 2 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

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March 11, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Did You Know?, Education / Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Kids / Children, Life Coaching, Parenting Tags: beliefs, communication styles, education / learning, failure, focus, k-12 education, kids / children, learning styles, negative, positive attitude tips, practical parenting / parents, school, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, success

11 Tips for Developing Healthy Eating Habits

Healthy salad

Most of the parents in the world want their kids to have healthy eating habits. Nowadays, when there are so many temptations around, it makes it harder to eat only healthy food. Fortunately, the younger your kids are, the easier it is to help them establish healthy eating habits.

For years, and especially in the early years, kids are certain that the way they eat at home is THE way everyone eats. Take advantage of this and start with healthy eating early. Flexibility with food is very important for kids. Kids who are flexible with food are less likely to have eating disorders in later years.

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March 10, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Health / Wellbeing, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: behavior / discipline, body image, diet, eating disorders, fat, food, health / wellbeing, kids / children, practical parenting / parents

Four Blessings from the Fairies

Newborn Baby

Once upon a time, in a faraway land, the king and the queen had a welcoming party for their newborn daughter. All the fairies were invited to the party to bless the baby with all the goodness in life.

In a glorious ceremony, each fairy approached the beautiful, gorgeous baby and blessed her. The Blue Fairy gave her happiness, the Green Fairy gave her health, the Red Fairy gave her love, the Pink Fairy gave her friendship, the White Fairy gave her confidence and the Yellow Fairy gave her…

This is a fairy tale, right? Well, no, not really.

When our kids are born, we are just like fairies standing beside their beds every night and blessing them with all the goodness of life. As parents, we all want our kids to be happy and successful. Though many of us dedicate too much energy to the less important things in life, we do, inside of us, deep inside, want the best of our kids.

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March 7, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Kids / Children, Life Coaching, Parenting, Relationships / Marriage, Teens / Teenagers Tags: baby / babies, focus, gratitude, kids / children, positive attitude tips, practical parenting / parents, values

Networking for Kids

Little boy and girl holding hands

These days, networking is synonymous with success. Networking is also the key to a good social life.

No matter how big our house is, how colourful our car is, how powerful our computers are or how many academic degrees we have, it is the ability to establish good relationships with our family, our friends, our customers, our colleagues and, perhaps more than anything else, with people we do not know, that determines our success in life.

At school, we get the idea that the more knowledge we gain, the more successful we will be in life. This intellectual focus on life is still practiced in many places around the world.

In fact, “It’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know”.

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March 6, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Kids / Children, Parenting, Relationships / Marriage, Success / Wealth Tags: kids / children, practical parenting / parents, relationships / marriage, social skills, success

Your Kids Are as Smart as You Believe Them to Be

Boy sitting on a dirt road

Our friends came for the weekend to our house to celebrate their daughter Tammy’s first birthday. We had finished a great breakfast and were cleaning the balcony, while my friend was preparing little Tammy a bottle of baby formula.

“I finished the formula box. Where is your recycling bin?”, she asked.

I looked at the big formula box she wanted to throw in the bin. “Are you sure you want to throw it away?”, I asked her.

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March 5, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Education / Learning, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: beliefs, emotional intelligence, focus, kids / children, positive attitude tips, practical parenting / parents, projection

Be a Good Sport! (part 1)

Team of little kids playing soccer

On the weekend, when all the sport teams are on the field are kicking or passing a ball, it is easy to see that they are not the only ones sweating.

From the bench, a group of anxious parents try to give instructions that can hardly be heard on the field. The quieter ones try using the power of their thoughts to push the ball to the left.

It is funny to watch. Parents move their bodies as if they can help their kids move the ball straight into the basket or the goal.

Well, the truth is that parents can help a lot in directing their kids, but the playing filed is the last place to do that.

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February 28, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Emotional Intelligence, Health / Wellbeing, Kids / Children, Parenting, Teens / Teenagers Tags: behavior / discipline, exercise, fat, health / wellbeing, kids / children, motivation, practical parenting / parents, sport

The Be Happy in LIFE Kids Coaching Program

A row of happy kids

Last month, I wrote about the reasons we as parents need to appreciate and use coaching as a parenting tool.

Today, I would like to tell you a little bit about how it all started for me and introduce the Be Happy in LIFE kids coaching program.

It all started 18 years ago, when I wrote the Garden of Eden program, which put most of the emphasis emotional intelligence. I started an early childhood center with kids aged 1½ to 4 and proved that excellence depends on the teaching, not on the kids.

In the 2 years that followed, the kids at my center accomplished things that blew their parents away. They put together puzzles with many pieces very quickly, they built elaborate constructions, they painted the walls, they recognized written words and lots more. Oh, yes, and they ate healthy food and boasted about it.

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February 21, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Kids / Children, Life Coaching, Parenting Tags: academic performance, child care, dad, early childhood, emotional intelligence, family matters, father, happiness, k-12 education, kids coaching, kindergarten, learning disabilities, mom, mother, practical parenting / parents, success, teaching / teachers, toddlers

Kids are Like Fish

Gold Fish

Kids are like fish. No, not because they are pretty and cute (although they are pretty and cute) but because their ability to grow depends on their environment, much like fish.

Did you know that fish will grow to the size that will be supported by their surroundings?

If you put a fish in a small bowl, it will grow to fit the size of the bowl. If you take the same fish into a small pond, it will grow bigger. If you move it to a lake, the same fish can grow to be big, really big.

Kids also have this fishy characteristic. For them, life is a fish bowl and they depend on the grown ups in their life to find a good size bowl to call home. They also depend on the grown ups in their life to “clean the water” and supply them with “food”.

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February 12, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Did You Know?, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: behavior / discipline, dad, emotional intelligence, family matters, father, happiness, k-12 education, kids / children, mom, mother, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents, rules, safety, self confidence / self esteem / self worth

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