Making Caring Common’s Caring Schools Network (CSN) team shares some of their favorite empathy-building books for young teens, along with reflection questions for teens and adults to think through together.
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Chelsea was struggling with the group of students in her first-year seminar. Then she discovered our Caring Schools Network.
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Whether your teen is swooning, heartbroken, or not yet experiencing romantic feelings for another person, Valentine's Day is an opportunity to engage them in a conversation about the meaning of love and romantic relationships. Here are five questions about love for parents and teens to discuss together.
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Making Caring Common’s Caring Schools Network (CSN) team shared some of their favorite empathy-building books for young kids, along with links to audio of the books being read aloud and a list of reflection questions for kids and adults to think through together.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 30, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 23, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 16, 2023.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 9, 2023.
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It’s essential for parents and other family members to support teens by learning about common mental health conditions, understanding the signs that their teen might be experiencing a mental health issue, and familiarizing themselves with ways to begin a conversation with a teen who might be struggling. We assembled the information below to help parents and other family members understand possible red flags and begin these important conversations with teens.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of January 2, 2023.
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Making Caring Common’s Caring Schools Network (CSN) team shares some of their favorite gratitude-focused books for young kids, along with links to audio of the books being read aloud and a list of reflection questions for kids and adults to think through together.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of December 5, 2022.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of November 28, 2022.
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Developing kids’ capacity for gratitude can be more straightforward—and have more benefits—than parents might think. In this blog post, MCC’s Director of Research and Evaluation suggests four building blocks for more grateful kids.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of November 14, 2022.
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Timely reads from the MCC team for the week of November 7, 2022.
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Making Caring Common first published Turning the Tide (TTT) almost seven years ago. Trisha Ross Anderson, MCC’s College Admissions Program Director, shares an update about how our college admissions work has grown since this groundbreaking report.
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