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How to Be a Great Teacher (L to T)

Apple on a stack of books

Establishing a good teaching philosophy and adopting useful tips from experienced teachers are essential tools for effective teaching. In this post, we continued with the letters L through T of How to Be a Great Teacher.

Love of learning is the ultimate teachers’ goals. Use any (positive) way you can think of to promote, advertise and support your students’ love of learning. If they love learning, regardless of what mark they get, you get an A in teaching. To evaluate yourself, ask the kids at the end of every year how much they enjoyed and loved learning with you.

This post is part 3 of 6 in the series A-to-Z Guides

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February 6, 2014 by Ronit Baras In: Education / Learning, Personal Development Tags: beliefs, books, education / learning, emotional development, expectation, focus, how to, k-12 education, kids / children, motivation, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, reading, role model, school, skills, success, success experience, teaching / teachers, tips

How to Model Empathy to Your Kids

Mother showing empathy to her daughter with a hug

Empathy is a very important emotional skill. As parents and teachers, it’s our role to teach our children empathy. Although some people have a natural tendency to be more understanding and empathetic toward others, our role is to promote empathy in all children.

Regardless of their natural starting point, children can all improve their ability to put themselves in another person’s shoes. This will help them build better relationships.

A person’s level of empathy can tell us a lot about a person’s emotional intelligence. If they are more empathetic, they’re usually more confident. If you can be empathetic, it usually means you feel good enough about yourself to be able to share it with others.

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February 4, 2014 by Ronit Baras In: Emotional Intelligence, Personal Development Tags: emotional intelligence, empathy, feeling, kids / children, language, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents, tips

Teen Driving

Man driving a car

If your teenager has just started driving, you must be feeling just like me, worried. My son Tsoof got his driving license this year. He is a very calm and relaxed driver, he does not drink and does not drive at night very often. Still, if he comes home from a party late at night, I get a bit worried.

Why? Because other teens his age, who are on the road at the same time, are also driving.

This is not a very productive feeling to have as a parent. After all, we must empower our teens to be responsible and safe on the road and not scare them that “driving = danger”.

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January 21, 2014 by Ronit Baras In: Teens / Teenagers Tags: parenting teens, practical parenting / parents, research, safety, teens / teenagers, tips

Handy Family Tips: Wake Up With a Smile

Cute girl in pink robe

In every family, some mornings are harder than others. How the morning goes often sets the tone for the rest of the day, so the way all the family members wake up can determine whether the day will be easy and relaxed or stressed and chaotic.

Imagine a rushed morning. You find yourself saying things like, “Get ready”, “Get dressed”, “Come on, put your shoes on”, “We are going to be late”. The kids are late for school, you are late for work, you spill coffee in the car, the kids forget their lunch boxes and when you think it could not possibly get any worse, you find yourself stuck in traffic. You end up thinking if only you had those 5 minutes you wasted hurrying the kids, you would have been ready on time.

It is not always easy to wake up kids. If they went to sleep later than usual, or they stayed up late in front of a screen, it can be even harder. The best way to help them wake up in the morning is to give them time. I know it sounds funny but enough time to wake up at their own pace is all it takes. Regardless of their age, waking up at their own speed is essential for a good start to the day.

This post is part 18 of 24 in the series Handy Family Tips

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January 16, 2014 by Ronit Baras In: Home, Parenting Tags: choice, family matters, home / house, how to, kids / children, lifestyle, practical parenting / parents, relaxation, sleep, stress / pressure, tips

The Art of Listening: Things to Watch Out For

Listen to hear, not to speak

To conclude The Art of Listening series, here are some tips on things to watch out for in deciding which listening style to adopt.

In previous posts, I covered situations when it is hard to listen, types of listening and how to become good listeners. However, putting all this into practice means you need to know when it is appropriate to adopt one style over another. There are some things to watch out for in making that decision.

Be a kind listener when:
1. The speaker is angry or in a bad mood.
2. The speaker feels judged or stressed.
3. When you want to please the listener or need something from him/her.

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January 14, 2014 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development, Relationships / Marriage Tags: acceptance / judgment / tolerance, change, emotional intelligence, empathy, feeling, focus, friends / friendship, how to, listening, negative, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, positive, relationships / marriage, social skills, tips

The Art of Listening: How to Listen

Listen more, talk less

To wrap up our the “The Art of Listening” series , here are some great tips on how to become a better listener.

To start off, we discussed 10 situations that turn off the listening switch and make it harder to keep engaged. In the previous post, I shared four listening types: the kind listener, the empathetic listener, the critical listener and the solution focused listener.

In this post, I will share ideas of how to become a kind listener, an empathetic listener, a critical listener and a solution focused listener and how to use each of these listening styles when appropriate.

This post is part 3 of 3 in the series The Art of Listening

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December 19, 2013 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development, Relationships / Marriage Tags: acceptance / judgment / tolerance, assumptions, change, emotional intelligence, empathy, focus, friends / friendship, how to, listening, motivation, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, positive, questions, relationships / marriage, social, tips

How to Overcome Shyness: Extra Tips

Quote written on a blackboard

In this final post of How to Overcome Shyness, I have added a few more tip to help you and your child.

If strangers are your greatest fear, practice. Conquer your fear by starting conversations with total strangers. Say something to the bus driver or the supermarket cashier. You will conquer your feelings by feeling the fear and doing it anyway. Take the risk. It gets easier after.

If your need to control things causes you to be shy, try letting go of your attachment to the outcome. Give it a go and wait to see what will happen. Accept things as they are. “Whatever will, be will be”.

If your shyness comes from a fear of being hurt by someone you trust, try opening up slowly. Share something small with someone. Take small risks of self exposure. Most people will share a similar sized ‘something’. If you are a parent helping a child, expose yourself first to encourage your child to do the same.

This post is part 4 of 4 in the series How to Overcome Shyness

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December 17, 2013 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development Tags: anxiety, change, control, emotional intelligence, fear, feeling, how to, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, social, social skills, tips

How to Overcome Shyness: Tips

How to overcome shyness

Being shy can be pretty debilitating. And surprisingly, most people have experienced it at least once in their lives. In this part of “How to Overcome Shyness”, I want to share some tips with you on overcoming shyness.

We know from part one that there are three types of shyness: situational shyness (in specific situations), transitional shyness (during transitions or the process of change), and permanent shyness (in most social situations).

In the last post, I covered the four main causes of shyness: need for control, lack of trust, fear of being judged and being critical.

Now that we know the what and why behind shyness, I want to share some tips with you on how to overcome it. If you have kids, escort them in this exercise and help them practice the tips. You may have to be their facilitator.

This post is part 3 of 4 in the series How to Overcome Shyness

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December 10, 2013 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development Tags: anxiety, change, control, emotional intelligence, friends / friendship, how to, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, skills, social, social skills, tips

Ronit’s Tips for Developing Empathy

Empathy definition

As the state director of the Together for Humanity Foundation, I meet teachers and students to promote diversity and good relations and I believe empathy is the key. If we all had more empathy, the world would be a much better place. With more empathy, families would be happier – there would be fewer divorces and fewer problems with children.

In my work with parents and teachers, I am often asked about empathy and how others develop it. I have decided to combine all the suggestions here. If you are working with children, if you in relationship and would like to develop your own empathy, or if you want to encourage empathy in your students or children, I hope you can make good use of this list.

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November 21, 2013 by Ronit Baras In: Emotional Intelligence Tags: acceptance / judgment / tolerance, assessment, beliefs, body language, diversity, divorce, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, feeling, kids / children, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, positive, practical parenting / parents, research, role model, teaching / teachers, tips

Self Regulation: Tips

Mother and son in conflict

Self regulation is the ability to control ourselves and not do things impulsively. This skill is like a muscle – the more we practice, the stronger it gets. Once it is strong, it is much easier to resist temptation and function according to a “plan”, rather than going with whatever comes your way or whoever applies more pressure.

In the last two posts in this series, I explained the mechanism of self regulation and shared some research on its importance, particularly in parenting. Today, I want to share some tips with you on how to strengthen the self regulation ‘muscle’. It can be easy to find self control and be the role model you want to be for your children.

This post is part 3 of 3 in the series Self Regulation

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November 5, 2013 by Ronit Baras In: Parenting, Personal Development Tags: change, conflict, control, emotional intelligence, exercise, focus, food, hobbies, how to, imagination, kids / children, listening, meditation, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents, sport, tips

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