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In the first year or so that my daughter, the Lovely K., was with me, she found phone conversations and leaving messages very challenging. She…
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Tag Archives: social courage
The Empty Pot
The Empty Pot
A traditional story of social courage for today has its origins in China. Or Bosnia – I’ve seen it identified both ways. It was retold…
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Courage Challenge of the Day
Courage Challenge of the Day
This challenge is for teens who have their thumbs on their phones all the time, texting their friends to make plans to meet. The next…
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Courage Book Review – Taking a Walk with the Buddha
Courage Book Review – Taking a Walk with the Buddha
Today’s courage book review offers two illustrated books for children of Jataka tales, tales the Buddha told, but to begin with, here’s a beautiful picture…
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The Sky is Falling? Really?
The Sky is Falling? Really?
It is the nature of children (and grown-ups) to tell stories. That’s a given. Stories act a social lubricant among kids, a currency of exchange,…
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Courage Book Review – Take Courage from the Story
Courage Book Review – Take Courage from the Story
“Take courage from the story” is a Dakota proverb, written phonetically as Nee yeh chee yi yo. This was shared with me by my good…
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What Goes Around, Comes Around!
What Goes Around, Comes Around!
My two favorite moral commandments as a parent are as follows: As you point one finger at another, notice that three fingers are pointing back…
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Courage Question of the Day
Courage Question of the Day
If you had an abundance of social courage, what would you do? Try out for American Idol? Host a theme party? Wear something you wouldn’t…
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Lunch Letters
Lunch Letters
Every day since K. arrived in this country at the start of second grade, I put a note in her lunch bag. When her English…
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Courage Challenge of the Day
Courage Challenge of the Day
Lion’s Whiskers offers this courage challenge: Before school ends this year and you’ve lost the chance to exercise your social courage muscles, look around: Is…
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