Zootopia is a good movie to illustrate what a bully is and how we should stand up to them when they are hurting or taunting other kids.


5-8



Sometimes there’s nothing else to do with the pain except to use it to build a new life.


13. 17, 19, 21



Be kind. Be brave.


5-10



Home is where people love you.


21



Read article about Digital Learning/ transitioning to doing homework on a computer. http://community.today.com/parentingteam/post/it-doesnt-have-to-stay-on-the-screen


10



Try not to say insulting or hurtful things, but NEVER write them. (Texts, notes, emails, etc.)


11



If you want people to believe you, trust you and be able to depend on you, then you must have integrity. Integrity means that you tell the truth, don’t deceive or cheat, you keep your word and you pitch in to help with little things and big things without having to be asked. Who are the people you know who have integrity? Do you want to be a man of integrity?


13, 17



Sometimes you have to put aside how you feel about a person and objectively look at how their actions show how they feel about *you.*


16



Highly recommend book about math and multiplication techniques:“The Best of Times” by Greg Tang.


10



It’s very easy to wander into trouble- not usually easy to wander out of it.


12



Explain what “On my honor” means.


8



If you see a kid sitting alone, he or she might be your next best friend. Go say hi! Ask him/her to sit next to you / play on your team, etc. No need to worry about whether that person is “too cool” or “not cool enough,” they’re just a kid. Like you.


8



Make an album Or Shutterfly book about Mom and Dad’s wedding and marriage. Stress themes of love, kindness, sacrifice, shared values and putting the other first. Talk about managing conflict in a loving relationship doesn’t mean never fighting but it does mean fighting fair. Make it an annual tradition to read through it and talk about marriage on their anniversary. (The next best thing to modeling a happy marriage.


9



Don’t worry if they’re not listening to what you say...They watch what you do. They study it.


13



“Never be sorry for not knowing


17, 21



Sailing lessons.


14



You don’t have to choose to be single forever to enjoy being single for now.


17, 21



If you have to pretend to be someone else to get or keep a relationship or job, etc. then that relationship/job is not for you!


15, 17, 21



Check out O.School Originals for sex-ed resources.


14



To paraphrase Ted Lasso, it’s the people who think they’ve got it all figured out who delight in judging people and events. It’s better to be open minded, ask questions. Be curious, not judgmental.


15, 21



Watch the local news together.


12



Don’t confuse impulsive with courageous.


10, 14, 19, 21



Pour energy into what’s right with you and see what happens.


20, 21



Help him practice having tense conversations without getting a tone of voice.


15



Help him write a letter to someone in power if he has a question or concern about something he sees going on in the world.


7-11



Hand out tulip bulbs (or some sort of bulbs) at my funeral and ask people to plant a few in their yard. But NOT daffodils. I hate daffodils. And lilies, hate ‘em.) So tulips then.


21



On September 11th I was at work in Fairfax VA. News reports were saying a plane was headed to the Capitol, that the Whitehouse had been hit. In the immediate aftermath of a big event, news reports will be unreliable. Wait until the facts are in. Several of the nurses had husbands who worked at the Pentagon. One of the doctors was married to a U.S. Senator in her office on the Hill. It was surreal, but no one panicked. I remember we all burst into tears when my friend’s husband called saying he was safe. So relieved.


15, 17



Go easy on the cologne, perfume, scented lotions, etc. People shouldn't be able to smell your perfume a mile away, only up close. Also, it's generally not appropriate for work.


17