I was impressed and amused by a class journal entry written by one of our third graders pointing out that her dog had demonstrated one of...

The ability to pause provides us with many benefits in life. Creating a space between our thought and action allows us to filter what we...

Nurtured Heart Workshop For Parents and Caregivers September 12 The Nurtured Heart Approach encourages positive behavior in all children...

New beginnings call on us to build strength and a positive view about what life will bring. Yet transitions involve uncertainty and can...

Some conversations between two adults are wonderful for children to overhear. Hearing a parent or teacher talk about their...

“In an age of constant movement, nothing is as urgent as sitting still.” Pico Iyer A second grader running relentlessly on the grassy...

Can you remember a childhood experience of being forced to do something or stop doing something, and the adults involved didn’t...

Make being punctual a family value that communicates the message “I respect you and care about you” in any situation, but particularly...

DICTIONARIES URGE PEOPLE to build vocabulary, at any age, by picking a “word of the day” and finding ways to use it in various...

Why would you do that? What were you thinking? What did I just tell you? Are you trying to upset me? How many times do I have to tell...

After a frustration-filled day with her daughter, a mom decides that learning the Nurtured Heart approach is impossible. Her child’s...

“What were the happiest and hardest things that happened today?” One family posed that question at dinner each night, and invited family...

Arriving at school, a four-year-old has an unpleasant surprise. She reaches in her jacket pocket for her mask, but pulls out only a...

“I’m sad my friend played with someone else the whole time after lunch.” Once up a time, best practices for raising a happy child meant...

This is the third in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. in a series. Before she became...

This is the fourth in a series where we summarize and discuss a chapter of the book The Inner Wealth Initiative, by Howard Glasser,...

This is the second in a series about our Nurtured Heart Approach trainers who work at The Meher Schools. "My dedication to using the...

We first learned about the Nurtured Heart Approach in 2002 in a flyer for a workshop in South San Francisco. “The timing was perfect,”...

The Nurtured Heart Approach helps us deal with many complicated issues in a straightforward, transformative way. One example is the...

“If I’m around people right now, I might bite someone,” a preschooler explained. She wanted to stay in the quiet space she had created...