Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw
191 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsLifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 139
May 23, 2023 02:54 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBOn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw addresses a challenging situation that often comes up for parents, and her discussion is about how to deal with one's role as a parent when you are experiencing a seriously negative moment or phase yourself. He approach here resembles that of a life coach as she offers both examples of and solutions for moving oneself out of negativity and into a headspace that is more positive so that you can serve yourself and fulfill your role as a parent more fully.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 138
May 16, 2023 01:42 - 6 minutes - 5.77 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw re-visits the topic of parents who might influence their children by passing down negative traits unconsciously. Dr. Shaw uses some illustrative examples, some from her own life experience, of scenarios wherein the behavior of a parent can be projected onto a child and, in a way, ingrained in that child's own behavioral patterns. Dr. Shaw encourages parents (and educators) to carefully watch out for this kind of negative influence by self-monitoring one's own fa...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 137
May 09, 2023 02:38 - 5 minutes - 4.47 MBIn this brief episode Dr. Shaw continues her focus on "guided practice" which is the educational scenario where very simply, someone is helping with the practice of a skill. In this case, the example that Dr. Shaw uses comes from her own recent experience rather than an instance in a classroom, but the outcome is the same... when someone supports your learning process, it strengthens that process and leads to a more positive result.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 136
May 02, 2023 03:49 - 6 minutes - 5.47 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw focuses on the simple human aspect of habitual behavior. She postulates that old habits are not necessarily tough to break because you actually never do kill them entirely... they can and do live side by side with new habits. The key to this, which has an educational application, is GUIDED PRACTICE, or doing something not alone. Dr. Shaw uses starting an exercise regimen as an example of creating a new habit or rhythm in live that doesn't necessarily kill...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 135
April 25, 2023 03:19 - 3 minutes - 3 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw touches on an important angle of good sportsmanship (a subject that she tackled in one of her socio-emotional learning books (the one found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HTL1BB9) and it's the notion of not always needing to win. Dr. Shaw acknowledges that competition can be healthy and that it has its own life lessons attached, but that it's also important for children to learn about the cooperation necessary while playing a team sport. She also likens...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 134
April 18, 2023 03:10 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw examines the notion that your child has feelings but you cannot possibly and completely understand their feelings because you are not them and they are individuals. She uses her own experience with a wheelchair-bound son as an illustrative example of how one might project their own feelings about an experience onto a child. More importantly, she examines why displacing your perception of someone's feelings with your own feelings is a mistake.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 133
April 11, 2023 02:57 - 5 minutes - 4.31 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw continues her conversation that began with last week's podcast on Re-Birth... this follow-up touches on the concept of freedom. Both are interrelated topics of Springtime and the Easter/Passover Holiday season. She ponders the internal and external factors that impact freedom. Her point of view is that HOW one shows up to circumstances is what liberates a person, and that someone can only show up properly is if they are present. She offers some methods an...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 132
April 04, 2023 04:05 - 6 minutes - 5.66 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw turns her attention to the meaning and the rituals associated with the arrival of Spring. In particular she is focused on the notion that this is a season of birth and re-birth, and that those life events are reinforced by the holidays of this season that celebrate new beginnings and new freedoms. Dr. Shaw encourages the listener to think about the motivations that go into creating a new generation and what parents goals are when they have children. It's a fascin...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 131
March 28, 2023 03:34 - 6 minutes - 5.36 MBThis episode is an important follow-up to the prior podcast in this series, Episode 130, in which Dr. Shaw describes a situation in which a child acted out and ended up controlling the situation by getting attention for bad behavior. Dr. Shaw does not condone a parenting strategy that rewards bad behavior in any way, and in this podcast, she further discusses how a parent needs to behave like the responsible adult when handling a child in a challenging situation. She uses the example of a ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 130
March 21, 2023 03:51 - 10 minutes - 9.01 MBIn this fascinating episode, Dr. Shaw responds to a parent's request for advice about how to handle a child with bad behavior. In responding to that inquiry, Dr. Shaw deconstructs her own recent experience with a child who uses misbehavior to gain results. Dr. Shaw brilliantly describes the situation, sees directly into the manipulative thought process motivating the bad behavior, and recounts how the parent (a very good, not unskilled parent, by the way) handled but also mis-handled the ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 129
March 14, 2023 03:43 - 6 minutes - 5.16 MBIn this episode Dr. Shaw follows a recent visit to her granddaughter's school which inspired her to share her enthusiasm here for the practice of teaching. The school is set up with a multi-age class structure and its focus is on teaching social skills (teaching humanity, if you will, just like the title of this podcast). Dr. Shaw was there presenting one of her favorite lessons which is... there are no real mistakes, only mis-takes, which themselves are pure learning opportunities. Th...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 128
March 07, 2023 23:38 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBIn this super-brief episode, Dr. Shaw simply shares some reflections on what it feels like to go through the medical issues that she's going through. She points out that how one shows up for life is the most important thing.
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 127
February 28, 2023 03:43 - 4 minutes - 3.58 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw talks about "The Law of Attraction." For those not familiar with this line of thought, The Law of Attraction is the belief that positive thoughts bring positive results or experiences and negative thoughts bring negative ones. It's based on the notion that the energy focused thought is powerful enough to create a cause and effect relationship. Dr. Shaw has had some medical challenges of her own recently, and she uses her own recent experiences to create a...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 126
February 21, 2023 04:34 - 3 minutes - 3.12 MBIn this brief but important episode, Dr. Shaw tackles the concepts of discipline and consequences as they specifically relate to parenting. Quite often, discipline for children is required, but without the proper approach, the opportunity for a teachable moment will be lost. Children can easily see the negative in a situation when they misbehave and are subject to disciplinary behavior, but Dr. Shaw is a believer in "natural consequences"... they will make sense to your child and be more...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 125
February 14, 2023 06:27 - 7 minutes - 6.41 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues to be inspired by her own recent personal medical challenges to see things from a perspective that opens new doors educationally. Here, she considers the notion of victimization... in other words, she asks the question "Am I a victim for having my condition?" In answering that question, it brings up an examination of "Why?" questions which are often asked by children. In Dr. Shaw's point of view, "Why?" is often answered with one's head but instead, ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 124
February 07, 2023 04:21 - 6 minutes - 5.09 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw turns her attention to the crisis in schools here in 2023 wherein social skills, manners and basic behavioral standards are lacking, even among some of the youngest students. Many teachers blame this phenomenon on the fallout of the COVID pandemic, and in all likelihood, the disruption in education caused by the events of 2020 and 2021 are to blame... but there is also a solution to the problem and that is for teachers and parents to set the stage differently for ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 123
January 31, 2023 04:57 - 9 minutes - 7.56 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw veers into a topic that is related to all of her work on social and emotional learning, but is somewhat different since she takes a stand on current events in this broadcast. Dr. Shaw has become troubled recently by some trends in education that are, in her mind, counterproductive, backwards thinking and quite dangerous. She has been outraged by things that are happening in the State of Florida where teaching courses and using course materials that are not approv...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 122
January 24, 2023 00:08 - 5 minutes - 4.57 MBThis brief episode is a direct follow-up to the previous podcast in this series as Dr. Shaw continues to address her journey during which she is facing a health crisis. Since they began nearly 2 1/2 years ago, these podcasts have all generally been geared toward advice for monitoring and molding the behavior and social-emotional growth of our children and grand-children, and although the line of discussion in Dr. Shaw's current arc of podcasts has included much self-reflection, the life les...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 121
January 17, 2023 04:47 - 6 minutes - 5.11 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw gets a bit deeper into revealing her own personal learning lessons currently coming to her as a result of a medical challenge. She deftly shares her own personal experiences while also demonstrating how her lessons are consistent with lessons that parents should be sharing and modeling for their own children. Education is always the foundation of what Dr. Shaw shares, and since these podcasts are about children but geared for parents and educators, her discu...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 120
January 10, 2023 01:40 - 3 minutes - 2.67 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw delivers a succinct lesson in parenting for this early part of the New Year, and it was inspired by an episode during which a child was exhibiting some unattractive behavior during the recent holidays. It's easy for a child to get over-tired, over-wrought or over-stimulated by sweets and treats during the holidays, and Dr. Shaw witnessed an incident that served as an important microcosm for what can go right or wrong with behavior. A child became a bit hyst...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 119
January 03, 2023 03:35 - 7 minutes - 5.6 MBIn this brief podcast, Dr. Shaw re-ignites a conversation about teaching RESILIENCE to our children, but the topic actually came up via a very recent personal experience for her. Dr. Shaw had a medical scare recently, and among the many thoughts brought on by that incident was the notion of keeping a positive attitude and not allowing thoughts that are are negative, non-contributing or distractions in any way. She learned and shares some valuable lessons about life from this recent experie...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 118
December 27, 2022 02:40 - 6 minutes - 5.27 MBIn this brief episode Dr. Shaw examines a couple of fascinating subjects regarding how both children and adults handle some aspects of interpersonal relationships. Dr. Shaw starts by talking about an issue that her granddaughter experienced, and that issue blossomed into a fruitful discussion about generosity of spirit and about the expectation that a friend may or may not value the same qualities in a relationship that you do. The truly interesting part of this story is that Dr. Shaw, ob...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 117
December 19, 2022 22:12 - 10 minutes - 8.22 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw emphasizes an important concept that she touched on recently in earlier podcast episodes, namely "marking and noting" behaviors as an important ingredient in modeling. In fact, because she is repeating her focus on this topic, she also veers into a discussion about the power of repetition in educating young children. She shares some examples of both repetition and marking and noting from her own life experience as well as from her extensive classroom experience. ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 116
December 13, 2022 04:49 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw focuses on an action that a parent or teacher can make to truly relieve pressure from a child's psyche and that's the notion of noting and marking a mistake. We all make mistakes all the time, but for many children, there might be shame or other strong negative emotions connected to making an error in school or at home. If parents and teachers put effort into noting and marking their own routine mistakes and keeping it light when mistakes occur. Take away t...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 115
December 06, 2022 05:29 - 8 minutes - 7.17 MBIn this week's episode, the conversation turns to a topic that incorporates a number of the parenting strategies that Dr. Shaw has discussed in the past, but the scenario here is unique. Dr. Shaw addresses situations where parents are friendly because their children are classmates, but the dynamic changes because the relationship between the children evolves in one way or another. This discussion arose from real life experiences that Dr. Shaw has witnessed recently, but it also is somethi...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 114
November 29, 2022 04:04 - 5 minutes - 4.19 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw discusses the notion of letting someone "off the hook." Dr. Shaw doesn't believe that when someone is exhibiting negative behavior that we should not provide an excuse that it's okay to be that way... we should not attribute behavior from our children, for example, to a "phase" that they are going through. When one is angry or cranky, that feeling is an acceptable feeling and all feelings can't be helped, but it is not okay for that angry or moody person to ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 113
November 22, 2022 02:20 - 4 minutes - 4.08 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw discusses her philosophy that one of the most important aspects of life is how we show up. What she encourages is that when negativity is in the air, we should surrender to how it is, not take anything too seriously and remember that the moment will pass. Negating the feelings instead of surrendering to them is being less true. Learning to not take a negative moment personally is a winning formula, and teaching ourselves and our children the best strategie...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 112
November 15, 2022 03:34 - 8 minutes - 7.27 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw elaborates on a phrase that she uses quite often in discussing parenting strategies.... she will often say to "mark and note" something with your child. Here, she dives deeper into what it really means to mark and note an action or an activity or a feeling and how marking and noting something aids a child in their education. Dr. Shaw points out a simple and obvious example of marking and noting something for a child, and she also veers into a conversation in which...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 111
November 08, 2022 09:56 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MBThis episode is the second of a two-part mini-series of podcasts related to the theme found within Dr. Shaw's philosophy that nothing in life is only one way, and this particular half of that theme is focused on maintaining high expectations. Dr. Shaw explains that while some folks feel that there is a negative side to having high expectations in that those expectations might not be reached, there is great benefit to having high expectations for your children and for yourself. She provides...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 110
November 01, 2022 00:39 - 6 minutes - 4.95 MBThis episode is the first of a two-part mini-series of podcasts related to the theme found within Dr. Shaw's philosophy that nothing in life is only one way, and this particular half of that theme is focused on the benefit of not having attachments. A key observation is that there are elements in our world that are completely out of our control and those can have an impact upon us. The best way to respond to those moments that we are influenced by an external element is to just be present...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 109
October 25, 2022 03:29 - 5 minutes - 4.5 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw discusses the topic of ENABLING. She actually draws upon her own recent first-hand experiences and the lessons that she's learned personally in handling a particular interpersonal relationship. While "enabling" is most often associated with an adult-to-adult relationship, and while the example story that unfolds in this podcast does involve adults, there is an aspect to how one handles situations in which one is an enabler that is quite helpful in parenting ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 108
October 18, 2022 02:34 - 8 minutes - 6.65 MBIn this podcast episode, Dr. Shaw goes a bit more in depth on the topic of last week's podcast where the discussed centered on how to help your child pay attention to how they feel in social situations so they can make better decisions. Expanding on that, Dr. Shaw poses questions like ... what do we really do when we are not comfortable in a social situation? how do we have the confidence in ourselves to be true to ourselves? how do we manage our needs in an uncomfortable social situation...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 107
October 11, 2022 01:42 - 7 minutes - 6.29 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues to focus on ways in which parents can both monitor and model behaviors in some key social situations for their children. Her philosophy is that children do not have the experience or the wherewithal to understand that some of their social settings might make them uncomfortable for some reason, and it's important that children are given the know-how, perhaps by example, that it's okay to have those feelings and that it is in fact okay to exit situations th...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep.106
October 04, 2022 04:26 - 6 minutes - 5.01 MBIn this podcast, Dr. Shaw begins a slight shift in the focus of her podcast series. During September, she had been focused the strategies for setting the stage for success for your children in the new school year. Here, however, she pivots in a new direction and begins sharing some of the background that is being developed for a new book for adults. After writing 22 children's picture books for socio-emotional learning, Dr. Shaw created a parenting guide for effective communication with c...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 105
September 27, 2022 13:00 - 7 minutes - 6.23 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw continues and concludes her mini-series on the handling of the start of a new school year, specifically the strategies that set the stage for success. For Dr. Shaw, it's all about preparation.... her prior two podcasts were about being organized and front-loading, and this episode is about the value of THE DAILY ROUTINE. In some ways, the first two components of this lineup of topics are built into the daily routine, and together everything feeds into the efficie...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 104
September 20, 2022 01:35 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw follows up with the second part of her mini-series of podcasts geared to parents who want to "set the stage for success" with their children. Being that it's September and the start of a new school year in many parts of the U.S., Dr. Shaw felt that it was important to share some wisdom regarding how to best approach certain aspects of parenting with preparation. The conversation in this brief podcast is about FRONT-LOADING, a favorite topic of Dr. Shaw's, and her...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 103
September 13, 2022 04:13 - 6 minutes - 5.92 MBThis episode marks the first of an informal 3-part series, and this edition opens with the notion that it's September, it's back-to-school by now for all regions of the U.S., and that there's a piece of advice from Dr. Shaw that can be very helpful. Her tip is to be organized. While that sounds simple, we all know that parenting in general and getting children out the door and off to school specifically can be challenging. Here, Dr. Shaw discusses the how's and why's of being organized wit...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 102
September 06, 2022 02:03 - 3 minutes - 3.53 MBIn this brief edition, Dr. Shaw discusses a situation that not only falls into her area of specialization as a teacher, but it also has personal significance for her based on her own family experience. Here, she shares thoughts and feelings about children who are struggling readers. Dr. Shaw admits that she was one... that her daughter was as well... and she reflects on the pressures and the potential feeling of under-achievement that might be arise for a child who takes longer than some o...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 101
August 30, 2022 02:01 - 6 minutes - 6.01 MBIn this episode, Dr. Shaw imparts a valuable lesson that works to serve the listener both in their own life as well as when in parenting mode. Dr. Shaw speaks here about dealing with social or interpersonal situations where one is "on the outs." There are strong feelings that can come up when one feels not included... there can also be a tendency to rationalize what's going on or to assign blame. Dr. Shaw uses a real situation close to her own heart in order to illustrate at least one way t...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 100
August 23, 2022 04:04 - 9 minutes - 7.35 MBThis is Episode 100 in this series, and Dr. Mindy Shaw utilizes that milestone to accomplish a couple of key things in this podcast. Among the topics covered this time is a recap of some of the key educational guidance that she has been providing for parents everywhere both here in the audio world and in her series of books which you can find HERE. She also takes a good amount of this episode to share a very personal recent experience that has given Dr. Shaw the opportunity to re-learn ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 99
August 16, 2022 03:26 - 3 minutes - 3.03 MBIn this very brief edition of this podcast series, Dr. Shaw shares her point of view on pressuring our children to learn. This topic was inspired but recent tutoring that Dr. Shaw has been doing with a child who is struggling slightly as they are learning to read. Dr. Shaw shares her own family's experience with this situation, and she also shares what she learned about putting undue pressure on a child about their pace of learning. Different children have different personalities and skil...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 98
August 09, 2022 03:15 - 4 minutes - 4.07 MBIn this short episode, Dr. Shaw discusses what she simply calls "Straight Talk," and the topic is one of great importance for parents who seeks to have effective communication with their children. The subject comes up often from parents and the main question asked is, "How do I discuss difficult or uncomfortable subject matter with my child?" Dr. Shaw has several great tips included here, and she gives simple, real-life examples of the kinds of topics that might be challenging. This subjec...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 97
August 02, 2022 03:12 - 5 minutes - 4.48 MBThis podcast is a continuation and follow-up from a recent episode and it extends the discussion about defending one's position in human interaction. Dr. Shaw cites an example from her own life wherein she could have been argumentative and defensive, but because she is aware of NOT defending her position and to actually observe and understand what could be seen as an opposing point of view, she actually ends up learning from the situation. Energy is not wasted in this scenario on a discus...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 96
July 26, 2022 03:06 - 6 minutes - 5.35 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw discusses the fascinating topic of strategically balancing the strong tendencies in children. She uses the example of being a fighter, and Dr. Shaw starts out by admitting that she had that quality and that that quality or tendency is often seen as a negative. Dr. Shaw points out that there are absolutely positive aspects when a child is prone to having a strong personality or is a "fighter," and she offers some interesting illustrative examples of how that...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 95
July 19, 2022 02:44 - 9 minutes - 8.09 MBIn this edition, Dr. Shaw tackles some fascinating aspects of the education process. She begins by contrasting teachers who teach a lot of "stuff" and who inherently include a lot of "fluff in the stuff," and there are teaches that ascribe to the philosophy that Dr. Shaw lived by and that is to teach less stuff, but went much deeper on the essentials of education. She then introduces the concept of Guided Practice which is a type of learning where there is less independence for the child a...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep. 94
July 12, 2022 02:55 - 6 minutes - 5.29 MBIn this brief but insightful episode, Dr. Shaw talks about the concept of choice and making choices. She points out that while it can be true that perception becomes one's reality, it can also be said that the choices we make become our reality as well. She feels that life allows us to make choices, but that our choices don't come easily. For starters, we have to be conscious and aware to guide ourselves to making good choices. Sometimes we are the cause of our own suffering because we...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 93
July 05, 2022 04:40 - 6 minutes - 5.31 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw takes on the challenging subject of how to hear what might be considered criticism and to not take it personally. Dr. Shaw has always been an big advocate of the concept of not taking things personally, but that can be especially delicate ground to tread upon when dealing with your children who are often in a system of education or other social settings where external rewards are a large part of the system. It all comes down to teaching children, as well as ...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 92
June 28, 2022 02:33 - 6 minutes - 4.02 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw tackles the tricky subject of teaching our children to do the right thing FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. Dr. Shaw is a big believer in intrinsic rewards as opposed to external rewards, and she examines what that means. Schools and other systematic institutions often bestow prizes, rewards and other forms of recognition to children and to adults, and that can create a false motivation and an unrealistic expectation. The real gift is to act out of truth and to recogn...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 91
June 21, 2022 03:30 - 9 minutes - 8.43 MBIn this episode, the ever-evolving nature of Dr. Shaw's podcasts becomes evident as she once again uses a personal experience and the observations generated by that experience to examine the human psyche. Her experience was the result of attending a recent retirement party for a fellow teacher, and the emotions and feelings that came up for Dr. Shaw at that event gave way to an examination into useful information. The story she shares opens the door for the listener of this podcast to alte...
Teaching Humanity Remotely with Dr. Mindy Shaw - Ep 90
June 14, 2022 03:11 - 5 minutes - 4.99 MBIn this brief episode, Dr. Shaw was inspired by recent personal losses to pose this question... would I live differently if every moment truly counted? The answer is clearly a "yes," so why do we live the way that we do? Regarding parenting, a corollary of that same question is what do we value? And what are our definitions of success? Her recommendations include providing clarity for the specific goals that we set for our children. Not only should we set a goal, but we should discuss ...