CHILDREN AND SCREEN-TIME - Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 254
In this somewhat pointed podcast, Dr. Shaw addresses the questions she's been receiving lately about allowing children an abundance or an over-abundance of "screen time."Â Â Our kids are on iPads and cell phones and computers and other gadgets, and precisely because they are provided these devices, they are taught by us rely on them... we must teach our children what we want them to learn.
In this episode, Dr. Shaw takes a quick look at how it plays out when a relationship is perhaps coming to an end. She begins by sharing some advice that she had shared with friends of hers who were struggling in their relationship. She leans of personal experience in order to lay the ground work for recognizing that sometimes relationships simply have an expiration date, and when we force a relationship to last longer than it should, it does more damage than good. If we can assign and honor the best possible point of view of the relationship's history and de-tangle the relationship by taking the high road, that's a great way to transform the relationship into the future. Â
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FEEL YOUR FEELINGS! - Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 252
Dr. Shaw begins by outlining her motivation for creating this particular podcast, and that rationale is to examine how we are when we feel our feelings. It begins with the fact that we are taught from a very early age that we should have only happy feelings and that life is filled with happy endings. Dr. Shaw feels that it's wrong action to think that way, and that what we need to strive for is the realization that feelings come and go.  She encourages a type of neutrality or objectivity about feelings. Yes, it can feel better to be happy, but we should also not feel sad or shameful or vulnerable when we have a so-called negative feeling.... those are real feelings. The goal she encourages for herself and for others is to have contentment in life.  Sometimes we have bad or ordinary moments... sometimes we have wonderful peak experiences... it's ALL ok... it's just the human condition.
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THE POSITIVE POINT OF VIEW - Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 251
In this brief episode, Dr. Shaw examines the emotional rollercoaster that can occur when we respond negatively to a situation.  Her world view incorporates the notion that nothing is simply one way... there are (at least) two sides to everything... and that it's important that we teach that approach to our children.  Our children can often face disappointments, but they need to understand, even at a young age, that the negative situation shall pass. This is not to negate feeling a negative emotion, but the fact is that when, for example we get bad news, the immediate feeling of negativity actually discharges the energy of that negativity and that discharge allows us to move on with a more positive point of view.
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OUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING! - Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 250
In this very brief but energized episode, Dr. Shaw uses a personal story and experience to once again illustrate that our children are listening to us, even when we think they are not. Her story is a cute one revealing her passion for saving 5-dollar bills. As it happens, a youngster around age 7 heard her talk about her strong belief in saving 5's, and he is now doing the same thing. Why? Because our children do listen and respond to what they hear. If you are impatient and swearing in traffic and your children are in the car, they are hearing you.  If you are gossiping or speaking negatively about someone and they are with you, they are picking up your bad habit of gossip and negativity.  As Dr. Shaw ALWAYS says, be present and be aware.
About Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw
Lifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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