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Motivate Your Kids to Get Things Done
“Put the dishes away when you’re done.” “Don’t take your sister’s toys without asking her first.” How often do you feel like a broken record? Between after school activities, homework, video games, soccer practice, and just keeping up with life, getting your kids to do what they’re supposed to do sometimes feel herculean and […]
Thinking Outside of the Box Yourself for a Happier Life
Much of our own unhappiness and the world’s problems disappears when we can put ourselves in someone else’s shoes. Everyone has a different story, and understanding their perspectives not only make you feel better about any situations (even upsetting ones) but improve your overall happiness. Babies start out in life completely egocentric, only aware of […]
Developing Emotional Intelligence in Children
Emotional Intelligence means we are in tune with our emotions and use this information to deal with them in the most effective and healthy way possible. The challenges of the past few weeks, and uncertainty of the near future is possibly some of the most emotionally difficult time you and your family have experienced. There […]
Mandarin/English Social Emotional Education Program For Schools Launched
curaJOY, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building children’s emotional fitness, has released a series of programs aimed at building social emotional skills, available in English and Chinese. For more information, visit https://www.curajoy.org/schools This latest announcement will help schools provide critical emotional and social education for their students, enabling children to develop the emotional intelligence and […]
Why ‘Social and Emotional Learning’ Is So Important for Kids Right Now
“Emotional intelligence” and “social and emotional learning” are terms parents may hear bandied about by teachers and education leaders. And as kids throughout the country muddle through schooling during a pandemic, honing these skills is especially important, experts say. But if you only have a vague idea of what emotional intelligence (EI) and social and […]
Why is curaJOY holding a writing contest?
The past year has challenged most families more than we could have ever imagined. Kids have had to adapt to virtual schooling, changing lockdown situations, missed team competitions and family visits, their teachers and parents’ working at home and the anxiety caused by these uncertainties–their own and those around them. We’ve also witnessed that words […]