As an educator with many years experience as a Middle School teacher, I began this journey with the false belief that because I had years of experience and understanding well the adolescent brain, that I'd be more than ready when the time came for me to help shape and guide my kids toward healthy and successful lives.
Boy, was I misguided.
Despite my own knowledge and understanding of adolescence as a Theory, practicing effective parenting is another skill entirely.
Perhaps two articles I've read in the last few days could help shine a light on both why explicitly teaching character development and brain physiology contribute to deeper and perhaps more effective parenting and teaching...
This article in National Geographic points out some reasons why I'm destined to keep the learning curve steep and to continue developing skills like grit, determination, patience, and knowing when to not die on that particular hill.
That is all, for now.
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