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Brain Skillz: Attention Control and Response Inhibition Kids Martial arts

Brain Skillz: Attention Control and Response Inhibition

“We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves.” Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, The Developing Mind “Honey… SHOES!!” Monday morning. The …

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Brain SKILLZ: Speed of Processing and Divided Attention Life Skills

Brain SKILLZ: Speed of Processing and Divided Attention

“We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves.” Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, The Developing Mind Schools out for summer… Let …

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Teaching Skillz: Prompting Good Behavior and Trickery Discipline

Teaching Skillz: Prompting Good Behavior and Trickery

It goes without saying that each and every one of us have our good and our tough days. As we blaze into the beginning of …

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Benefits to SKILLZ Training Over Summertime Martial arts Benefits

Benefits to SKILLZ Training Over Summertime

During the school season teachers, assistants, and counselors are focused on helping your children learn and grow. But what happens during the summer season when …

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Listening Beyond Words: The Key to Deeper Human Connection Life Skills

Listening Beyond Words: The Key to Deeper Human Connection

In today’s world, there is an overgrowing focus on “me” and less on “us.” This “all-about-me” emphasis has led to a lack of empathy, which, in …

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Whole Brain Intellectual Support Life Skills

Whole Brain Intellectual Support

“You cannot reason with a hungry bear that just wants his honey!” So very true! Just as a bear seeking his precious honey has his …

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Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What to Expect From 5 and 6 Year Olds Discipline

Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What to Expect From 5 and 6 Year Olds

Children between the ages of five and six years old are no longer “little kids.” They are in a very important transition in their lives. …

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Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What to Expect From 3 and 4 Year Olds Discipline

Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What to Expect From 3 and 4 Year Olds

Children between the ages of 3 and 4 are at a very unique growth period in their lives. They are growing at a rapid rate …

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Inspiration Series: Physical Support Health

Inspiration Series: Physical Support

Welcome Spring! The powerful promise of new beginnings is once again upon us! Outside our front doors, the clear blue skies with warm, golden sunshine, …

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Keeping It Real: Addressing Emotional Fatigue Health

Keeping It Real: Addressing Emotional Fatigue

Proud Ninja Parent, do you find yourself in a season of overwhelm? Do you find yourself short-tempered, struggling to cope with the demands of your …

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Keeping It Real: Addressing Mental Fatigue Health

Keeping It Real: Addressing Mental Fatigue

“This doesn’t make any sense!” Frustrated with his dividing fractions math assignment, my son dramatically dropped his head into his hands. Mulling over the best …

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Keeping It Real: Addressing Physical Run Down Discipline

Keeping It Real: Addressing Physical Run Down

The Hustle. The Grind. The Daily Marathon. “I am running from here to there and everywhere, it just doesn’t stop.” “I can’t remember the last …

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3 Ways to Help Your Child Use Their Ninja Skillz at Home Kids Martial arts

3 Ways to Help Your Child Use Their Ninja Skillz at Home

Kids love ninja classes at a SKILLZ child development center. The mix of age-specific martial arts themes and powerful child development lessons makes for a …

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Supporting Big Feelings and Self-Regulation Parenting

Supporting Big Feelings and Self-Regulation

Proud Ninja Parents, nothing cuts through the heart of a mom or dad quite like seeing your child in pain. Whether that pain is physical, …

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Supporting Intellectual Connection Parenting

Supporting Intellectual Connection

Pablo Picasso once said, “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” What an …

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Supporting Kids Physical Development in the Face of Challenges Health

Supporting Kids Physical Development in the Face of Challenges

Have you ever had a teacher, coach or mentor that inspired you to the very core? One that cheered you on to achieving your big …

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Social Development Goals in the New Year 2022 Life Skills

Social Development Goals in the New Year 2022

Do you remember the carefree days of your youth? Running outside to meet up with your friends at the park and keeping an eye on …

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Supporting Intellectual Connection Kids Martial arts

Emotional Goals Begin with Proud Ninja Parents

“Mommy, it’s okay to have big feelings.” These were the words my six-year-old ever so calmly and wisely whispered to me as he gently climbed …

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Relationships With Purpose Parenting

Relationships With Purpose

Have you ever heard of “The Invisible String?” Beautifully written by Patrice Karst and illustrated by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff, “The Invisible String” is a phenomenal children’s …

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The Best P.I.E.S. for the Holiday Season Parenting

The Best P.I.E.S. for the Holiday Season

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The holidays are for celebrations, togetherness, and relaxation. It’s a magical time and all the fun activities, …

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Parenting With Purpose Parenting

Parenting With Purpose

“Dear Proud Ninja Parent, On my hard days, remember I am small. When tears run down my cheeks and I don’t even know why, remember …

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Teaching With Purpose Life Skills

Teaching With Purpose

Take five for just a moment and pause for reflection. Let your mind float back to the carefree days of your youth. Let the rustling …

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Playing With Purpose Life Skills

Playing With Purpose

Have you ever taken a moment to truly admire the art and incredible beauty of watching a child at play? Their fully engaged spirit, drive, …

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How To Manage Your Child's Temperament Discipline

How To Manage Your Child’s Temperament

Every child is born with their own unique way of interacting with the world. Some are flexible in the midst of change while others may …

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The COAL Method: 4 Quick and Easy Steps to Dealing with Children's Negative Behaviors Discipline

The COAL Method: 4 Quick and Easy Steps to Dealing with Children’s Negative Behaviors

When it comes to parenting, emotions can run high. When children act out negatively, parents often become frustrated quickly and react by trying to fix …

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Not All Ninjas Are The Same Discipline

Not All Ninjas Are The Same

All parents want the same thing…for their child to be a positive member of society and experience success. And while these are important things, they …

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Empowering vs Enabling: The Fine Line of Parenting Parenting

Empowering vs Enabling: The Fine Line of Parenting

We live in a competitive world and most parents would jump at the chance to give their child every advantage imaginable. The world can also …

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Is It Rude, Is It Mean, Is Is Bullying? Bullying

Is It Rude, Is It Mean, Is Is Bullying?

As they say, kids will be kids. And yes, children and teens can be unkind to their peers and feelings get hurt. The problem is …

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Accepting Responsibility: Teaching Children to Avoid Blame Shifting Discipline

Accepting Responsibility: Teaching Children to Avoid Blame Shifting

It is becoming more and more apparent that no one is to blame for everything that happens. So, if this is the case, how do …

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Developing a Growth Mindset in a Competitive World Life Skills

Developing a Growth Mindset in a Competitive World

In today’s world competition is everywhere and it often starts at a very young age. It begins as a fun, skill-developing event but can quickly …

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Consistency Parenting

Consistency

Your child needs to know that no matter what happens, you are always going to be a consistent parent. Maintaining consistency means that you are …

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Adaptability Life Skills

Adaptability

Adaptability is about how you respond to your child, especially when things do not go as planned. Your child will have a variety of great …

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Prompting Life Skills

Prompting

How can you set your child up for daily success? One of the most effective ways to do this is to focus on prompting instead …

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Patience

Take a few extra seconds when responding to poor behavior. This demonstrates compassion, empathy, and self-control on your part. Sometimes all you need to do …

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Edutaining

Be the parent your child needs you to be. They need you to be in their world. That means interacting and playing with them on …

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Nurturing

Being a nurturing parent means adjusting your child’s behaviors, not trying to change them. In other words, change the behavior, not the child. 1. Let …

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Attunement

Do you ever feel like you can read your child’s mind? You know what they are going to do or say next because they have …

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Conflict Resolution

Let’s face it, conflict is hard and is bound to happen no matter what ground rules are put into place. Whether it’s on the playground …

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Is Your Child Ready for School?

The past year and a half of school has been such a tumultuous ride. From school closures to virtual classes to partial reopening, it seems …

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Supporting Kids Physical Development in the Face of Challenges Health

Movement: Reducing the Effects of Sitting

There’s no denying that advancements in technology have made our lives easier. We can work from home, shop online, and watch newly released movies, among …

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Parenting the Shy Child

In a world that highly values the traits of extroverted individuals, shy children are often assumed to have something wrong that needs to be fixed. …

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Regaining Health: Role Modeling

The “Quarantine 15” has been yet another horrible reality of the pandemic. Not only were we separated, friend loved ones and friends, but unstructured days, …

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Say Yes to Childhood

Parenting can be tricky. We want our children to be resilient, empathetic, and able to self-regulate. However, with the business of life, the experiences that …

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Sensory Processing: How Does Your Child Respond?

As we navigate the world, we all use our senses to receive input from our surroundings, let our brains process, and then tell us how …

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How Motor Skills Affect Learning

Most are aware of the benefits of physical activity for people of all ages… a stronger cardiovascular system, improved muscle tone, weight management, motor coordination, …

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The Secret to Developing Well-Rounded Athletes

Over the last year, sports programs have had shortened seasons, if any at all. Because of that, training time for athletes of all ages has …

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Celebrating Each Child’s Uniqueness

Parents everywhere want their children to achieve success. This is usually defined by fulfilling societal norms, whether in terms of grades, athletic abilities, or something …

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Rebuilding Social Skills During the Summer

There’s no doubt that children’s social skills have become rusty over the past year and not progressed as they should have. With more limited interactions …

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Social Development Goals in the New Year 2022 Parenting

Rebuilding Emotional Skills During the Summer

Over the past year, children have faced many disturbances in their daily lives and interactions. These things have contributed to a lot of emotional imbalance …

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Rebuilding Intellectual Skills During the Summer

Summer break is typically viewed as a time for relaxation, fun, and no schedules. However, considering the dramatic change in our lives over the past …

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Playing With Purpose Life Skills

Rebuilding Physical Skills During the Summer

For the past year, children have mostly been stuck inside, in front of a computer for school, and on a device during free time. And …

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Single Focused Tasks: The Key to More Productive Learning

Productivity is one of the most highly regarded traits in the work world today. And to be productive, multitasking is the go-to method. The ability …

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Boost Attention Span by Making Learning Fun Again

Attention span has long been a topic regarding the relationship between children and learning. As the years have passed, technology has been at the forefront …

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Brain Training for ADHD

Although Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is such a prevalent diagnosis, there are still many misconceptions surrounding it. People often assume that ADHD results from poor …

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How Can I Help? Shifting from Judgmental to Curious

In the words of Whitney Houston, “I believe that children are our future…show them all the beauty they possess inside.” All too often, the magnificence …

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Parenting With Purpose Parenting

Quiet Parenting: Stop the Cycle of Yelling

Parenting can be one of the most rewarding responsibilities we ever take on. With that, however, comes the ups and downs of getting children to …

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Playful Connection: Filling Your Child’s Emotional Cup

Over the years, healthy connection levels between parents and children have decreased, leading to more challenging behaviors from children. Today’s modern lifestyle has interfered with …

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Igniting Your Teen’s Motivation

Adolescence has always been a challenging time for parents and teens to get through. Typically, this is because adults feel teens are lazy and/or out …

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Supporting Intellectual Connection Life Skills

The Power of Predictability

As hectic as life is most days, parents are often more concerned with getting everything done instead of strategically planning out their day so that …

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Teens Need Structure Too

Most often, when we think of implementing structure into our children’s lives, it is because we have a newborn that needs a feeding schedule, a …

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Supporting Big Feelings and Self-Regulation Parenting

Should I Worry? Tuning In To Teen’ Emotional Shifts

s we approach the one-year mark of an ever-strong pandemic that has rocked our world, we are searching for ways to keep ourselves mentally and …

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Is Your Child Real World Ready?

In recent years, parenting has undergone a shift and has become hyper-focused on the child. And while care, attention, and love are necessary for forming …

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Keeping It Real: Addressing Emotional Fatigue Discipline

Rapid Resets: Quick Ways to Calm an Emotional Flood

As we know, children can lose control of their emotions for various reasons, and the behaviors we witness are generally unplanned. And since anxiety can …

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Nature and Nurture: Influencing Genes for Success

Is it nature, is it nurture? That is the question. This age-old debate, in the world of psychology, has been a source of controversy for …

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The Power of Yet: Developing a Mindset for Success

Goal setting is a characteristic that significantly links an individual to their future success. Having the right mindset is crucial and encourages our behaviors as we …

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Behavior Shaping: Implementing Reinforcement Schedules

Getting children to behave how we want them to can be tricky. Even with the best intentions, parents often fall short regarding enforcing positive behaviors …

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Reinforcement vs Punishment: Understanding Behavior Modification

All parents want their children to exhibit positive behaviors that will help them transition smoothly through the different stages of their development. And while parents …

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Restoring the True Spirit of the Season

With the holiday season in full swing, families everywhere are struggling to make suitable plans for the pandemic. While our typical holidays are full of …

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Parenting Styles: Implementing the Most Effective Methods Parenting

Parenting Styles: Implementing the Most Effective Methods

Becoming a parent is, for the most part, an exciting adventure to undertake. Along with this, however, comes an enormous amount of responsibility. And while …

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Holiday Parenting: Keeping the Joy Alive

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season, this year, maybe a little less intense but, no doubt, still exciting. While holiday parties may be …

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Attachment Awareness: How Attachment Styles Affect Classroom Behaviors

All children have their own unique way of interacting with the world around them. And while much of this is contributed by their temperaments, the …

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Teaching With Purpose Life Skills

The Skillz Zone: The Sweet Spot for Learning

We’ve all set goals, to some degree, throughout our lives. Some were easily achieved while others we just gave up on completing. This is because …

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Whole Brain Intellectual Support Life Skills

Whole-Brain Parenting: Engaging the Brain for Optimal Development

On any given day, we may experience moments of high emotion in reaction to an event, or we find ourselves trying to control everyone and …

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The Developing Mind Understanding Your Child 196939, Columbus Martial Arts Academy Discipline

The Developing Mind – Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

One of the biggest struggles in parenting is understanding why perfectly sweet and smart children can, in an instant, turn into the most difficult beings …

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Preparing Children to Return to School – An Emotional Approach

Preparing Children to Return to School – An Emotional Approach As back to school plans continue to change almost daily, children’s emotions will remain unpredictable. One …

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Preparing Children To Return To School A Social Approach 186713, Columbus Martial Arts Academy Parenting

Preparing Children to Return to School – A Social Approach

Over the past few months, interactions have been minimal, and our social skills are rusty. Since prolonged school closures have a negative impact on children’s …

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Resilience: Helping Children and Teens Build Coping Skills

Stress is a significant part of our lives today. And while we all experience it, children and teens have a more difficult time managing it. …

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Mindful Tips to Use When Kids Don’t Want to Attend Class

Kids are not naturally self-motivated. When your child’s mindset is not in the right place, even the most fun activities can be a struggle to …

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Punishment vs. Discipline

Good behavior is a learning process for children, and we are their roadmap. Children usually behave per their own emotions and impulses. At the same …

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Brain Development for 18 – 36 Months

Healthy brain development is one of the most important aspects of childhood development. More specifically, the first few years of life are a significant time …

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How Parental Involvement Increases Child Success

Parents are an essential element to their child’s success in anything. The enthusiasm and support, or lack thereof, of a parent can make or break a child’s accomplishments. In SKILLZ martial arts, it is even more essential …

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The Importance of Bilateral Coordination on Physical and Cognitive Skills

The development of a child can be one of the most fascinating things to watch unfold. From infants mirroring movements to toddlers and children mastering …

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Helping Children Set Age-Appropriate Goals

The New Year has arrived, and lofty resolutions have been set. Anything from working out daily to saving money to losing weight, our society knows …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #7

When the holiday season comes along, routines are upended and are replaced by parties, errands, and late nights. The magical stuff becomes chaos and children …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #6

The holidays are a season of giving, a season of patience, a season of all things warm and inviting. And while it is all magical, …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #5

The holidays should be a time of fun but the pleasure of it all often gets sidelined when the stress of all the expectations take …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #4

When the holiday season is in full effect, children can become overly eager and anxious about all the exciting things around them. Because of this …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #3

During the holiday season parents spend the majority of their time shopping, cooking, attending events, and running errands. The busyness has them running in circles …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #2

Attunement It’s important for parents to know where their child is in his or her stage of development so that they can understand what’s “developmentally …

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Holiday Parent Skillz Tip #1

1 – Connection Although the holidays are a time of traditions and family moments, the hustle and bustle often leaves children feeling disconnected from their …

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Fostering Empathy in Children During the Holidays

‘Tis the season! A season of giving, a season of patience, a season of all things warm and inviting. Doesn’t it all sound magical? As …

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How Near-Peer Mentoring Creates Tomorrow’s Leaders

Although mentoring is not a new topic, near-peer mentoring provides a new variation to this timeless approach. This method of mentoring involves people that are …

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Developing a Growth Mindset in a Competitive World

Developing a Growth Mindset in a Competitive World In today’s world competition is everywhere and it often starts at a very young age. It begins …

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The Secret Senses To Better Behavior

We’ve all heard of the main 5 senses; taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. However, there are two other, very important, senses that don’t get …

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How A DOSE of Skillz Can Help With Oppositional Defiant Disorder

Oppositional Defiant DisorderA Supplemental Resource for Families Coping with Oppositional Defiant Disorder All children act out from time to time. However, children with Oppositional Defiant …

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Is it Rude? Is it Mean? Is it Bullying?

Is It Rude, Is It Mean, Is It Bullying? As they say, kids will be kids. And yes, children and teens can be unkind to …

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Martial Arts Cross Training: The Secret to Developing More Well-Rounded Athletes

An athlete is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina.” …

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Fostering Self-Actualization in Children and Teens

When we think of human behavior, we often first focus on the problems or deficits that people have and how this affects their achievements, or lack thereof. Rarely is …

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Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What To Expect From 10 – 14 Year Olds

Realistic Behavioral Expectations What to Expect from 10 to 14-year old’s The tween and teen years often feel to parents and teachers like they are …

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Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What To Expect From 7-9 Year Old’s

The golden years for children are between the ages of 7 and 9 years old. At this age, children can grasp new information quickly. They …

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Back To School Tips For Parents

Back to School Tips for Parents Summertime is coming to an end, and with that comes all of the back to school anxiety and jitters …

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Realistic Behavioral Expectations: What To Expect From 5-6 Year Old’s

hildren between the ages of five and six years old are no longer “little kids.” They are in a very important transition in their lives. …

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Perpetually Practicing Patience

A farmer plants a seed and tends to it while the tree grows. It won’t bear fruit overnight and instead must be watched over for …

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Perseverance Persistance

One of the most highly regarded abilities in sports is for a quarterback to stand in the pocket and deliver a ball even with a …

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Community of Champions

Community of Champions We don’t get to pick our children’s friends. We don’t get to pick who they go to school with or who their …

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Winning

#Winning We have all come up short at one time or another. Losing is no fun and is hard to deal with as adults and …

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The Art of Learning

How much time each day do you consciously spend learning? It’s ok, we’re all busy with work and families and life is crazy. Your child, …

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Conquering Fear

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Introvert Issues

Question? Does your child struggle to stand out? Are they too quiet? Do they get pushed around or overstepped by stronger kids? That is not …

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*HYDRATION MOTIVATION*

Happy last week of April, readers! We hope your month has been just as fantastic as ours! Summer is rolling our way and we are …

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Stretch it out!

HELLO!! Today we are going to discuss a very important step in athletics! They NEED this! Parents.. what do you think of when you think …

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Let’s talk HYGIENE

Parents! Hygiene is so important! We wash our hands to keep the germs away! We brush our teeth to keep life pleasant. Oh yes.. we’re …

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Hard Work Pays Off

As parents.. It is our job to show children what hard work is all about. In our opinion.. hard work is great! It teaches children …

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Protect your children from bites!

Well Parents..  It’s getting to be “that” time of year again. The flowers are blooming. The birds are singing.. and the mosquitos have NO mercy! …

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Children.. Too Busy Or Not Busy Enough??

Parents and Families.. Let’s talk busy bodies! Being too busy can harm your child, yes. Running your child into the ground with clubs and sports …

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5 Tips To Keep Kids Active During School!!

HAPPY APRIL!! We as parents know that kids love to play. However.. school and homework makes it difficult for our kids to stay moving! Hours …

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Is Negativity Comsuming You??

We all know one person…. Do you have a person in your life who is negative about everything? Is that person you? Listen up people! Negativity …

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Parenting tips for school!!

Making Decisions As parents.. we are not that different. We want our kids to do their homework, eat healthy, go to Church, etc. Some of …

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Martial Arts for Pre-K? ABSOLUTELY!

How young can my child start Martial Arts? Great Question! We say 3 years old is the right age to begin! Some parents may think …

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8 reasons After School Care is THE BEST decision!

Is after school care for your child? Do you find yourself wondering if after care is for your child? Our answer is YES! Check out …

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How to DITCH bullying!!

Bullying in schools As you know.. bullying has long reigned in school systems. We will assume it is due to certain kids struggling with their …

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Active kids are happy kids!

Let’s talk activities Today we want to discuss the importance of keeping your child up and moving! It seems that kids these days are too …

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How To Teach Your Child To Accept Losing

Acceptance…. Let’s face it. Our children are bound to lose at something some day. However, that is OKAY. Failure helps teach our children. How? It’s …

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Giving Children Choices: Good or Bad?

Should you give your children choices? Ultimate Youth Sports thinks so! We love the idea of children making their own decisions! We understand that some …

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Martial Arts Improve Life Skills for Soul, Body, and Mind Part 1

No matter what your age, weight, or fitness level, a quality karate program will improve a variety of important life skills while you explore your …

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Martial Arts Improve Life Skills for Soul, Body, and Mind Part 2

Many martial arts schools offer programs specially designed for kids, in addition to programs for other age groups. A quality program provides much more than …

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Sports Mastery Through Martial Arts

Have you ever listened to a coach discuss a sports player’s recent playing performance? It doesn’t matter if the results are good or bad; the …

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Preventing and Relieving Obesity in Children Part 2

This article details how martial arts training can prevent and alleviate childhood obesity. Unfortunately, some people still view martial arts as a violent sport or only for …

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How Martial Arts Improve Social Skills Part 2

By learning to control our emotions and think before we act, karate students become more skilled at allowing others to participate in our lives. With …

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Honesty, The Best Policy

It is easy to praise yourself for what you do well. You may be an awesome basketball player. You spar better than most students in …

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Potential- The Potent Tool

Your potential is what you can become. Believe in yourself. Be confident you can achieve any goal. It may be a small goal, such as …

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Fear no Fear

Fear or being afraid is part of life. You may be scared to raise your hand in class. You may be scared of a bully. …

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The Trust that won’t Rust

Trust is the basis of all good relationships and the cornerstone of good character. Trustworthy people keep their promises. They are honest, reliable, principled and …

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Martial Arts Benefit Pre-Schoolers too! Part 1

There’s no doubt about it: pre-school age children look adorable in karate uniforms! But martial arts training for this age group provide more than cute photo and …

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Martial Arts Benefit Pre-Schoolers too! Part 2

Parents appreciate the improved fitness, attention, and good behavior that result from their preschoolers’ martial arts training. They like that the environment is positive, safe, …

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What is a Black Belt?

When I first began my martial arts training, much elegance and mystique surrounded the Black Belt and all it represented. You thought of David Carradine …

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How Martial Arts Improve Social Skills Part 1

Contrary to popular belief, karate has less to do with fighting and more to do with the improvement of mind, body, and spirit. Learning a martial art can develop …

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Enhancing Your Child’s Self-Discipline with Karate

Children are often attracted to the art of karate because of what they have seen in movies like “Kung Fu Panda” or the “Karate Kid.” …

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Summer is a Great Time to Get Started in the Martial Arts Part 2

Another great benefit of a martial arts summer is the many opportunities presented during the season of fun. Chances abound to compete in tournaments, to …

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Preventing and Relieving Obesity in Children Part 1

This article details how martial arts training can prevent and alleviate childhood obesity. Childhood obesity rates have skyrocketed in recent decades. It’s now a major health concern …

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Choosing the Right Karate School

In the Karate business, not all schools are created equal. Karate instructors generally do not have to answer to a state agency; or even have specific training. Some …

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The Always Learning Martial Artist

Wisdom is more than just “smarts.” It is your effort to learn new ideas everyday. You can learn from school, TV programs, your past. The …

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Enhancing your Child’s Self-Discipline with Karate Part 1

Children are often attracted to the art of karate because of what they have seen in movies like “Kung Fu Panda” or the “Karate Kid.” …

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Back to School with a Winning Martial Arts Attitude Part

The most important class your kids can take this semester covers a lot of territory – history, philosophy, geography, physics, business etiquette, speech, and of …

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Back to School with a Winning Martial Arts Attitude Part 2

The goal of a good martial arts program is to transform students into motivated, confident, capable, and self-reliant leaders in life. This goal is largely achieved …

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The Language of Martial Arts Leadership Part 1

Karate training gives students a new outlook on life by learning, applying, and adopting virtues like respect, honor, and discipline. Parents applaud the many opportunities to …

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The Family that Kicks Together Sticks Together Part 1

Martial arts have been shown to provide mental and physical health benefits like weight loss, muscle gain, stress relief, and self-confidence. Karate training also reduces …

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How Karate For Kids Teaches Discipline

This article is about how the Karate for Kids program can help teach kids discipline. It goes on to detail some of the ways this …

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Increase Your Physical Fitness Routine

This article explains how karate program can increase the quality of one’s fitness program. It goes on to detail the various ways in which this …

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Engaging In Martial Arts To Combat Childhood Obesity

This article details the problems of childhood obesity and presents martial arts as a good possible solution. It also presents Columbus Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness as …

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3 Ways That Martial Arts Can Enhance Your Life Skills

Columbus Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness operates one of the top rated Martial Arts studios in and around the Muscogee County area. Enhance various life skills while you …

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Martial Art Training Can Positively Impact Social Skills

Learning social skills is important for everyone. The study of martial arts can help teach these skills in surprising ways. Martial Arts There is a …

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3 Safety Tips Your Child Will Learn In A Karate School

Columbus Mixed Martial Arts & Fitness offers three safety tips that your child will learn in this Columbus, GA karate school. Through the “Karate For Kids Life Skills …

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3 Strength Enhancing Martial Art Techniques

This article is about increasing your strength through three popular martial arts techniques. The techniques are punching and two different kinds of kicks. Martial Arts …

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Choosing the Right Karate School

In the Karate business, not all schools are created equal. Karate instructors generally do not have to answer to a state agency; or even have …

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Top Instructors Teach Quality Martial Arts

In the middle of the 19th century, martial arts were less known to people in the west. Yet, they were widely popular in their homelands for …

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Preschool Age Kids Do Well in Karate

Practicing martial arts has been popularized Karate. With its root in the Japanese history, techniques used in karate evolved through different stages of the cultural …

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Physical Fitness with Martial Arts for Men

When it comes to the issue of physical fitness, martial arts for men offers a number of unique advantages. In most of the martial arts for men, …

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How Martial Arts Help Develop Greater Self Discipline

The ability to control our emotions, our desires and our reactions can be a huge asset both in personal and professional life. However, it is …

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Martial Arts Self Defense for Men and Women

It is a common misconception that only women need to develop self-defense skills to safeguard their person or their rights. The reality is that every …

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Becoming a Leader in Martial Arts

Learning any form of martial arts can result in a ton of benefits. You can get fit, develop self-confidence, gain discipline, and learn to defend …

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Advantages of Stretching in the Martial Arts

Most good fitness and martial arts trainers will insist on children as well as adults doing stretches before starting a session and before finishing for …

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Martial Arts Training for Real Life Situations

Picture this. It is late in the night and you are walking back home by yourself. Suddenly, you see someone jumping onto your path from …

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Finding Peace through Martial Arts

Martial arts are taught as a supplementary combat technique to law enforcement officers and soldiers. Most people forget, however, that martial arts can also be …

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Endurance Training With Martial Arts

Exercise is an important part of staying healthy. However, there are different kinds of exercises and doing all of them is the best way to …

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Stress Reduction for Kids

As an adult, you may feel that childhood is the most pleasant, stress-free phase of life. However, look at it from your child’s perspective and …

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Physical Fitness for Kids

Physical fitness is synonymous with healthy living and the sooner parents explain it to children the better. Most children these days tend to be coach …

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Training for Real Life Situations

Women learn martial arts for a number of reasons. One of the reasons is self defense. If you want to learn a martial art for …

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Finding Peace through Martial Arts

Martial arts are taught as a supplementary combat technique to law enforcement officers and soldiers. Most people forget, however, that martial arts can also be …

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Greater Self Discipline for Kids

Children should be encouraged to take up martial arts classes because the art not just helps with self defense, but offers much more. Greater self-confidence …

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Stress Reduction in Martial Arts Training

The core purpose of martial arts is to ‘end conflict’ whether it is a real life opponent or whether it pertains to ending your inner …

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Greater Self-Discipline and Self-Control for Kids

Children should be encouraged to take up martial arts classes because the art not just helps with self-defense, but offers much more. Greater self-confidence and …

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Leadership Skills

Martial arts training for women can deliver great leadership skills. It teaches all that an ideal leader should have: discipline, courtesy, respect, and honor. The …

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Self Defense for Kids

Learning the art of self-defense is important for every individual, especially kids who may become easy targets to violence or bullying. Your child need not …

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Develop Leadership Skills with Martial Arts

There is a constant dearth of leaders in every walk of life. Everyone likes to wait around, take orders and not accept responsibility for themselves …

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Muscle Tone with Martial Arts Training

Martial arts is one of the most popular forms of contact sports out there today. However, there are many reasons as to why people opt …

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Physical Fitness

Martial arts for women is also a good way to keep yourself fit and alert. For most women, physical fitness has always been about losing …

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Karate For Kids: Things To Know

So you want to enroll your child in Karate? Unless you have some experience in this yourself you will want to consider these factors when …

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Martial Arts: Not Just For Kids

veryone has their own image of martial arts training. Some picture an old temple off in the mountains, others a secluded Japanese style training hall …

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