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A Five-Step Plan for Peace: A New Way for Young People to Change the World The Peace First Challenge empowers young advocates, ages 13-24, to fight social injustice by developing a peacemaking project.	Understanding Shame, part 3: Disconnection We can't always protect our children from trauma, but we can provide the support they need to process and heal. Without support, our children can't heal and the effect of unprocessed emotional pain on their minds and bodies can be profound.
Understanding Shame, part 2: Fear and trauma We need to take care to protect our infants and children from fear, particularly the fear of feeling unloved. The human brain and body cannot grow well under a veil of fear. Here's the role fear plays into the development of emotional trauma.	6 games to instill mindfulness and gratitude in our children (and ourselves) Feeling gratitude magnifies what is good, beneficial, and enjoyable. Here are 6 games to play with your child to practice noticing the good things in life.
Bring kindness home What is the essence of kindness? What does it mean to be a kind person? Why are some people more kind than others? Why do some people find it challenging to act in kind ways?	API Reads Reflection: Getting better at what we care about We all want to get better at the things we care about. Today's reflection from API Reads is taken from a TED Talk video.
How to heal attachment with your teen I sometimes think of the teenage years as an "attachment test." As I reflect on my own 6 children when they were teenagers, I assumed that if I got the attachment part right when they were babies and toddlers, then we were set for all the years... read more	Falling in love is scary...3 tips that make it safer Falling in love with our kids is a daring thing to do. Love opens us up, wide open, no armor, no defenses. We’re naked and vulnerable when we’re in love. Dare to feel how much you love your children. If you can’t or if it’s hard, don’t worry.
Positive discipline: The 'golden rule' of parenting What is positive discipline, and why does it work so well?	6 tips for talking politics with children Our children aren't immune to politics. No matter our views, how can we talk politics with our children in a way that respects differences but still reflects our family values?

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