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The Power of Process Positivity

June 8, 2016 by Nicole Weller

by Nicole Weller

As a golf professional working with very young students, I find that keeping the focus on positive feedback and PLAY games is a vital step in them becoming and staying interested in activities like golf. It’s also about sharing the creative golf lessons-learned with families so they can keep the same concepts reinforced and not convolute the information with adult-verbiage that differs from what was learned in kid-parlance. While adults tend to be results-oriented, young children are more process-oriented and are in-the-moment and about themselves.  Young children are NOT WIRED yet to handle adult-focus and future-based action preparation.  Understanding this in helping a child find and build an interest in golf is a big key in their Golf Happiness! [Read more…] about The Power of Process Positivity

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What Makes a Child Love a Sport?

April 19, 2016 by Patricia Donnelly, PhD

We all know the virtues that a child will learn playing sports — discipline, motivation, commitment, and cooperation, according to child psychologist Laurie Zelinger (www.drzelinger.com). But sometimes, (most times?), parents and teachers go a little (a lot?) overboard in their zealousness. Their (your?) intentions are good, but the results — well, not so much. Here are some suggestions to help children love a sport. [Read more…] about What Makes a Child Love a Sport?

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Want your child to eat healthily? Forget about the food!

March 14, 2016 by Patricia Donnelly, PhD

We all know the looming dangers. More than one-third of all children in the U.S. are obese, which is associated with hypertension and diabetes. And obese children and adolescents are likely to be obese as adults and at increased risk of heart disease, strokes, cancer. [Read more…] about Want your child to eat healthily? Forget about the food!

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