(for a healthy childhood and educational experience) Printable Handout ©Victoria Temple, Spiral Arts: 1. Proper Nutrition, 2. Adequate Sleep, 3. Minimal Media, 4. Quiet Time, 5. Time in Nature, 6. Chores at Home, 7. Appropriate Dress, 8. Cultivate Reverence, 9. Support Your Child’s Education, 10. Support the Class Community. 

Education consultant and author outlines parenting methods that offer a simple, orderly, and effective pathway to simplify four realms at home, which reduces stress on children and their parents, and allows room for connection, creativity, and relaxation.

A global nonprofit organization founded dedicated to sharing Nonviolent Communication around the world. NVC is about connecting with ourselves and others from the heart. It’s about seeing the humanity in all of us. It’s about recognizing our commonalities and differences and finding ways to make life wonderful for all of us.

Grow the good! As opposed to solely focusing on the drawbacks of the situation, Appreciative Inquiry encourages the exploration of already-existing strengths and successes of either organizations or of individuals, to instigate positive change.

Keep your parenting cool, end the power struggles, and stay calmly and lovingly in charge. Our children can be our greatest teachers. The very behaviors that push our buttons can help us build awareness and shed old patterns, allowing us to raise our children with greater ease and enjoyment.

Waldorf teacher and behavioral and developmental pediatrician shares an online library of health information about raising children and creating a healthier family life.

Waldorf education has its roots in the research of the Austrian scientist and thinker Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925). According to Steiner’s philosophy, the human being is a threefold being of spirit, soul, and body whose capacities unfold in three developmental stages on the path to adulthood: early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

The Alliance works to revitalize public education through innovation that is developmentally sound, and supports high quality public Waldorf education meeting the needs of today’s students.

Guide to responsive, relational parenting: How to stop managing behavior and start raising joyful, resilient kids. Leading child psychologist offers groundbreaking, new understanding of children’s behavior, offering insight and strategies to support both parents and children. Brain-Body Parenting considers the essential role of the entire nervous system, which produces children’s feelings and behaviors.

Psychotherapist explores attachment science, childrearing theory, and the emerging field of interpersonal neurobiology to help raise children who are happy, healthy and fully themselves. Author takes research and theory from various fields of science, and offering it in a way that’s clear, realistic, humorous, and immediately helpful. Learn more at Dr. Bryson's Center for Connection.

Seven daily essential mental activities to optimize brain matter and create well-being. Interpersonal neurobiologist and author Dr. Siegel’s cutting-edge science is made accessible for mental health practitioners, parents, educators, coaches and leaders, mindfulness practitioners, or anyone interested in personal growth. Learn more at Dr. Siegel's Mindsight Institute.

Mayo Clinic offers nutrition basics for kids, based on the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Focusing on nutrient-dense foods helps kids get the nutrients they need while limiting overall calories. Food packed with nutrients — with no or limited sugar, saturated fat, or salt added to it — is considered nutrient dense. Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to clinical practice, education and research, providing expert, whole-person care.

Learn more about your child’s development, positive parenting, safety, and health at each stage of your child’s life from infant to teen. From the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Since 1978, STAR has been responding to the needs of survivors of sexual assault. STAR's mission is to prevent sexual trauma and provide comprehensive, collaborative crisis intervention, advocacy, and support to victims/survivors, their families, and our communities, with the long term goal of ending sexual violence in Alaska.

Far too many young people are struggling with their mental health and unable to get the support they need. We all have a role to play in supporting youth mental health and creating a world where young people thrive. “If we seize this moment, step up for our children and their families in their moment of need, and lead with inclusion, kindness, and respect, we can lay the foundation for a healthier, more resilient, and more fulfilled nation.”