From the category archives:

Peace and Character Education

Mercy or Revenge? Aesop Stories and Yoga for Children

May 4, 2011

When I was a child my father frequently told me stories of when he was interned as a child in Japanese and Indonesian concentration camps for four years on Java during World War II. He told me stories of terrible cruelty and suffering, including the death of his father, who as a prisoner of war, [...]

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Cartoneros, the Blind Man and Lessons In Abundance

December 19, 2010

My children and I walked along the busy streets of Buenos Aires on the way to their eye doctor appointments. We noticed a blind man with his white-tipped cane, waving it all over the sidewalk. He was about to step onto the busy street corner, when a total stranger came up to him and grabbed [...]

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Anger, Meditation, The Hulk and Boys

May 19, 2010

Last night I watched the Incredible Hulk with my 12-year-old son. I watch these types of movies from time to time with him for fun, as I do watch girl movies with my daughter, like Hannah Montana (never thought I’d do that one!) It was fun to see shots of original cast member Bill Bixby [...]

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Yoga and a Story for Young Girls’ Self-Esteem

October 27, 2009

Yesterday I taught an afterschool girls club at Emerald Elementary in Broomfield, Colorado. It was the second time I had visited this group of girls, and it was great because the social worker who invited me, Jo-lynn Yoshihara Daly, was a friend from high school. The girls are all Hispanic fourth and fifth grade. I [...]

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