This Is Your Brain on StoriesI’ve offered a lot of traditional stories on Lion’s Whiskers over the last several months. How many of you are telling them to your kids?…
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Wait for it… Wait for it!Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. ~ Clare Booth Luce For nearly a year now we’ve been talking about the…
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Four DragonsIn the West, we frequently use dragons as a metaphor for evils, wrongs, or unnamed fears that must be conquered. In China, however, dragons are…
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Raising a Good Citizen of the World“I’ve learned that courage and compassion are two sides of the same coin, and that every warrior, every humanitarian, every citizen is built to live…
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Courage is Not the Absence of FearCourage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~ Ambrose Redmoon As parents, we…
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Courage Book Review – treasures from Geraldine McCaughreanWe rank Geraldine McCaughrean among today’s most resourceful and exciting retellers of myths and legends from around the world. Her vivid writing style makes her…
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5-Minute Courage Workout: Fair is Fair!Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: “That’s not fair!” is a common complaint most of us will hear from our child at some point–especially…
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Children, Courage, and Adaptive CapacityThe committee defined an earthquake-resilient nation as “one in which its communities, through mitigation and predisaster preparation, develop the adaptive capacity to maintain important community…
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5-Minute Courage Workout: Stop Dominating Me!Compiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: It is commonly understood that habits are formed or broken in as little as thirty days. Much of…
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5-Minute Courage Workout: Say a Little Prayer for MeCompiled and written by Lisa and Jennifer: Here’s a list of 5-Minute Courage Workouts by age range to improve spiritual fortitude. Grab Some Lion’s Whiskers…
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