Helping Children Learn to Fail

by | Dec 22, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

As parents, we all want to see our kids succeed, but in reality it might be equally important to teach them how to fail. Almost no one is completely successful at something the first time around. We have to practice something over and over in order to master the...

Parenting Kids Who Are Ready to Parent

by | Dec 8, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

It’s the holiday season. As I write this post, one grandfather is playing a round of golf on the course behind our house, while the other is playing an old show tune on the piano. One grandmother enjoys the solitude of a crossword puzzle and a cup of coffee, while the...

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

by | Dec 1, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

During several of our recent GGK Preschool trainings we’ve been showing the video the Long Reach of Early Childhood (beautiful, culturally diverse video by the way – here’s the link if you’re interested: https://youtu.be/SSwpPfjmqBo ). In the video there is a section...

Supporting Goal Success

by | Nov 24, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

Goal setting is one of those topics that we all know is important, but can prove to be challenging. For this reason it comes up frequently during trainings. Goal setting is a new skill for many families and at the same time, supporting families in writing goals is...

Where’s the Research?

by | Nov 17, 2015 | GKI Blog, Updates

It is so exciting that parents are thinking critically and asking good questions. This question is harder to answer than one would expect, but not because of a lack of evidence. It becomes challenging to summarize the abundance of evidence showing the impact of...