"Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.”
Children Live What They Learn Who was your hero when you were a child? Every child needed someone to fight for them and to cheer them on. Heroes come in different forms but they all serve the same purpose; to protect the wounded, scared, vulnerable and those filled with hurt. Many people today who are hurting were hurt by someone who was hurt by someone and it goes on and on. How do we stop the cycle of hurting others? What do you do when you cannot find a hero when you are hurting? Looking into the eyes of children we can see so many things: innocence, forgiveness, love, happiness, creativity... On the other hand, some children have painful hearts so we see: hurt, disappointment, frustration, loneliness, confusion, and anger among others. Whitney Houston sang a powerful song entitled 'The Greatest Love of All', which speaks to loving children on every level. Children need a champion, a mentor, supportive parents, guardians, genuine friends and
When you think of the word intelligence what thoughts often come to your mind? A parent might think how smart the child is or isn’t. Educators might think what areas are the students able to excel in the best. The average person might think to be ‘head smart’ and not ‘book smart’ is all that is needed to survive. Psychologist Robert Sternberg defined intelligence as "the mental abilities necessary for adaptation to, as well as shaping and selection of, any environmental context (1997, p. 1). But let us look at the word intelligence again and reflect on when you were going to elementary school and there were many subjects you excelled at until you transitioned into high school and then a number of those subjects became more complicated. Needless to say, some of the new subjects you started learning became very exciting for some while others wished they never heard of foreign languages or physics. All brains are designed to perform at the level of intelligence which it was created
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