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  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.

Savvy Life Skill: Being Active for a Lifetime

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Submitted by tonychen on March 23, 2008 - 3:13pm.
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Has your son asked you to drive him to the next-door neighbor's house? Is Wii bowling your kids' idea of a good work-out? Does your daughter ask for TV munchies via a walkie-talkie? If you answered yes to any of these (or even if you didn't), you probably need to encourage your kids to get more exercise.

Savvy Life Skill: Dealing with Success

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Submitted by tonychen on March 23, 2008 - 3:03pm.
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We all want our kids to be successful. We get them math tutors, drive them to summer drama camps, buy them fancy tennis rackets, and encourage them to study with the best violin teachers-- all so that they have no barriers to success. But experts (vying for this year's Ironic Parenting Tip Award) now believe that success might be hampered by . . . success! Yes, you read that correctly.

Savvy Life Skill: Taking Tests

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Submitted by tonychen on March 17, 2008 - 8:45pm.
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What's a baby's first experience at birth, even before being cleaned, clothed, or fed? A standardized test to determine the Apgar score. It's a fitting welcome to a long life of Denver scores, entrance exams, mid-term quizzes, final exams, gifted and talented assessments, IQ tests, national standardized progress tests, PSATs, SATs, LSATs MCATs, bar exams, and med school boards.

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Savvy Life Skill: Dealing with Loss

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Submitted by tonychen on March 30, 2008 - 2:33pm.
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Loss can come in many forms for your child. A divorce may separate her from a primary caregiver. Her best friend may move to another city. And death, the great equalizer, may claim one of her close family members. All humans must deal with the troubling issue of loss at one point or another.

Savvy Life Skill: Being Resourceful

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Submitted by tonychen on March 7, 2008 - 3:59pm.
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We must face a sad truth: now that MacGyver is off the air, our children will never know how to make a defibrillator out of candlestick holders, a floor mat, and an electrical power cord. Dads, without MacGyver, we must carry the torch. It is up to us to teach our children one of the most important life skills, resourcefulness.

Savvy Life Skill: Right-Brained Skills

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Submitted by tonychen 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.