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SavvyPack

SavvyPack

SavvyPack

  1. heart savvy
  2. body savvy
  3. character
  4. street savvy
  5. mission savvy

A day will come when we’ll be through with leaky diapers, refrigerator drawings, and college applications. Did we keep the main thing the main thing? SavvyPack brings a long-term, thoughtful perspective about what matters most: raising savvy kids of strong character.

Kids with Heart Savvy are able to express the full range of their emotions appropriately and constructively. They are aware of how emotions impact their decisions & relationships and can navigate their emotional landscape.

Kids with Body Savvy know how to take care of their physical bodies. More so, they are sensitive to how their physical health can significantly impact their creativity, relationships, and outlook on life.

Kids with Character may look like anyone else. Only when faced with difficulties and decisions does this inner strength shine through. They handle discouragement like a pro, keep their word, value others and themselves, and don’t take themselves too seriously.

Kids with Street Savvy know how to interact with others in a positive way. They know where to go for help and resources, are reflective about trends that impact their world, and are keenly observant about themselves and others.

Kids with Mission Savvy are equipped to accomplish and enjoy the mission they’ve been given in life. Aware of how the world “out there” works and savvy with specific skills, kids can achieve their potential & find meaningful work for a lifetime.

Raising Kids of Strong Character: Gratitude

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Submitted by tony on March 30, 2008 - 2:19pm.
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Have you ever given your child a gift only to have them respond with something like, "Is this it?" or "Where's the rest of it?" If so, you probably felt embarrassed for a second. But then you probably got mad at your child for their lack of manners and their lack of thankfulness.

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Savvy Life Skill: Eating Right for a Lifetime

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Submitted by tony on March 17, 2008 - 8:31pm.
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Few doubt the benefits of healthy eating for kids. In the short term, a healthy diet improves behavior and performance in school, and in the long term, it decreases the risk of cancer, heart disease, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure. This is why most parents fight the good fight: despite their kids' adamant protests, parents limit McDonalds, force-feed some vegetables, and restrict junk food before meals.

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Raising Kids of Strong Character: Compassion

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Submitted by tony on March 30, 2008 - 2:24pm.
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How many times have you caught your child laughing or giggling at someone's misfortune? Does your child have a tendency to make fun of others who are fatter, skinnier, smarter, dumber or anything else that makes them different? Does your toddler think it's funny when they run up and punch you in the "boys" and then run away?

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Savvy Life Skill: Right-Brained Skills

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Submitted by tony on April 28, 2008 - 11:26am.
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In the early 1960's, a neuropsychologist named Roger Sperry developed a ground-breaking idea about how our brains worked. He theorized that our brains are split between two hemispheres - the left and the right. Certain aspects of our thinking are exclusively controlled by either one side or the other, he presumed.

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Savvy Life Skill: Leadership

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Submitted by tony on March 30, 2008 - 4:00pm.
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Humanity has seen great leaders rise above the crowd. Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc - all people that have stepped out of the masses and turned the people from confusion to organization, from the rabble into the mob.

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Raising Kids of Strong Character: Self-Control

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Submitted by tony on March 30, 2008 - 3:52pm.
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Are you the parent that has to cut their shopping trip or restaurant visit short because your toddler embarrasses you with a temper tantrum? Have you ever had to give other parents a dirty look because they glare at you like you're a horrible parent because your child has no self-control?

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