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  Creativity isn’t just about painting or playing music—it’s about thinking differently, solving problems, and expressing one’s inner world. Every child is born with creative potential, but whether that spark becomes a flame depends on the environment around them. When we nurture creativity—by encouraging curiosity, allowing mistakes, providing open-ended materials, and listening without judgment—we empower children to become confident, innovative thinkers. Creative children learn resilience, develop emotional intelligence, and discover that their voice matters. In a world increasingly driven by innovation, creativity is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Let’s move beyond rigid expectations and celebrate the unique ways each child learns, dreams, and creates. The results can be transformative—for them, and for us.  Franki Bagdade has great suggestions for how to do this in her award-winning book,  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them . BOOK AWARDS IAN Book of the Ye...

Creativity isn’t just about painting or playing music—it’s about thinking differently, solving problems, and expressing one’s inner world. Every child is born with creative potential, but whether that spark becomes a flame depends on the environment around them. When we nurture creativity—by encouraging curiosity, allowing mistakes, providing open-ended materials, and listening without judgment—we empower children to become confident, innovative thinkers. Creative children learn resilience, develop emotional intelligence, and discover that their voice matters. In a world increasingly driven by innovation, creativity is not a luxury; it’s a necessity. Let’s move beyond rigid expectations and celebrate the unique ways each child learns, dreams, and creates. The results can be transformative—for them, and for us.  Franki Bagdade has great suggestions for how to do this in her award-winning book,  I Love My Kids, But I Don't Always Like Them . BOOK AWARDS IAN Book of the Year L...

  Today's book excerpt comes from  Andrew's Awesome Adventures with His ADHD Brain   by Kristin and Andrew Wilcox.  My ADHD Brain Is a Black Hole of Creativity   Black holes are areas of outer space with gravity so strong things get sucked in and never escape.  My ADHD brain is like a black hole of creative ideas. I don’t mind school projects, figuring out what I am going to do and how I am going to do it. The ADHD elephant can focus so much better on a crafty school project than on writing an essay for English class. This week, I have to make a model of a bacteria cell for science class. “Mom, can we go to the craft store? I need supplies for a school project.”   Once there, I jump out of the car and run into the craft store. Mom can barely keep up. I zip in and out of the aisles, looking for supplies; a constant stream of ideas swirling around in my tornado brain. As soon as we get home, I race upstairs to work on my model, eager to get started. As I...

  Weekly Soul by Frederic Craigie, Ph.D.  is a collection of 52 meditations on meaningful, joyful and peaceful living. The meditations begin with thought-provoking quotations from a range of people--writers, journalists, theologians, musicians and artists, activists--and touch on themes of Miracles, Aliveness, Purpose, Laughter and Joy, Presence/Mindfulness, Activism, Acceptance, Gratitude, Forgiveness, Creativity, Civility, and Hope. Each meditation also others Dr. Craigie's stories and commentary, questions for individual and group reflection, suggestions for daily follow-up, and biographical background on the quotation authors. In  Weekly Soul , readers will find a year's worth of affirmation and engaging exploration of wholeness and well-being. Endorsement: There is nothing usual or ordinary about Fred Craigie's rich, compelling invitation to explore who we are and what matters to us. It's insanely readable, this beautifully organized mashup of poetry, philosophy, p...