Signe Whitson
Internationally recognized author & educator for professionals, parents, and kids
How Friendship & Other Weapons Came to Life
5914 years
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This morning, an interviewer asked me how the idea for Friendship & Other Weapons came to be. Thought it was worth sharing with you as well…
My previous book, How to Be Angry, started with the fundamental premise that anger is OK; its 15-session curriculum is all about giving children, tweens and teens specific assertive skills to express their anger in constructive, relationship-building ways. After writing the book, it became obvious to me that there is a large group of young people who are shut out from this basic presupposition that anger is a normal, natural human experience. Millions of young girls in the United States grow up immersed in a social universe in which “being angry” is equated with “being bad” or, at best, not “being nice.” (more…)
Loving the Challenging Child
44314 years
Sometimes, you read just the right article at just the right time. Tonight was my night for that.
I adore Maggie Lamond Simone’s writing. She seems to always take exactly what I am thinking and say it in a way that is hilarious and poignant and touching all at once. For any Mom or Dad who loves a child whose strengths are also exactly what makes him a challenge, please check out her post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maggie-lamond-simone/loving-the-problem-child_b_1001376.html
From "Happy to Be Me" to Insecurity
514 years
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I was a big fan of Sesame Street as a kid and am a bigger fan now, as a Mom. Check out how the show is approaching the problem of bullying with young children–focusing on prevention (where we have a prayer) rather than relying on intervention (where we constantly swim upstream). LOVE it!
Classic Passive Aggressive Behavior on Modern Family
90214 years
Next week, I am doing a training based on The Angry Smile for a group of professionals and parents in Newfoundland, CA. As I am going through my material, I couldn’t help but to dig back in the Modern Family archives and pick out this most classic example of passive aggressive behavior between Claire and her daughter. This is the show that keeps on giving.
