Relationships

Relationships

Relationship Tools You Can Use to Repair Mistakes and Maintain Connection with Your Child

Conflict is an inevitable part of life, and we often are not taught how to repair harm once it occurs, especially not with our children. It is vital for parents and caregivers to remain in healthy connection with their child after conflict occurs, and to model what an effective repair conversation looks like. This not only strengthens the bond with your child, but it also teaches children the importance of apologizing and repairing harm when conflict occurs. This article from The Peaceful Parent Institute details the ways the parent-child relationship heavily influences how your child engages in future relationships. Navigating [...]

2023-05-03T20:22:50+00:00April 7, 2023|

Staff Interviews – Mary Stillwell Power, Communications and Marketing Manager

March is Women’s History Month as well as National Working Mom’s Day. We asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their experiences as working moms. Thank you Mary, for sharing your story!   Why do you work in education? And/or supporting educators? I’ve had several positions teaching adults or running support groups for adults. When I had my daughter and realized how challenging being a parent was, and how important teachers were in our lives, it inspired me to want to support the people who play such a critical role in our society. Originally I [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:29+00:00March 23, 2023|

Staff Interviews – Roxana Amaral, District Partnerships Manager

March is Women's History Month as well as National Working Mom's Day. We asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their experiences as working moms. Thank you Roxana for sharing your story!   Why do you work in education and supporting educators?  Being an educator before being a mom has been a gift because of all the early childhood development wisdom I learned that helped prepare me to be a parent. I can’t imagine being a parent and not an educator because it’s so much to come at you, and being an educator is professional [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:29+00:00March 14, 2023|

Staff Interviews – Stacy Lappin, Director of Program

Stacy and her kids (from the left) Sam, Stacy, Olivia, and Raymond. March is Women's History Month as well as National Working Mom's Day. We asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their experiences as working moms. Thank you Stacy for sharing your story!   Why do you work in education and in supporting educators? I have always known that I wanted to be a teacher, ever since third grade when I had an incredible teacher who helped me believe in myself. She inspired me to become a teacher so that I could [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:30+00:00March 13, 2023|

Staff Interviews – Roxana Amaral, District Partnerships Manager

Latinx Heritage Month or Hispanic Heritage month (official government designation), recognizes and honors the enduring contributions and importance of Latinx Americans to the U.S. and celebrates the many heritages and cultures of Americans from or with ancestors from Mexico, the Caribbean, Spain, and Central and South America. To celebrate Latinx Heritage Month we asked our colleague, District Partnerships Manager Roxana Amaral, to tell us a bit about her heritage, work in the community, and her role working in education.   What is your heritage? I was born in Mexico and identify as Mexican and Latino. I am from the Tepic, [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:29+00:00October 13, 2022|

Staff Interviews – Lex Gavin, Facilitator

June is Pride month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues in the LGBTQIA+ communities to share the stories of their experience as educators and what it means to them to be a queer role model in schools. Thank you Lex Gavin for sharing this inspiring story of your work and journey!   Why do you work in education? For me, it's all about service to young people. Even when working in an adult educator role, it's in service of young people. Education at it's best is liberation and self-actualization. Our current education system is often responsible for [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:30+00:00June 30, 2022|

Staff Interviews – Reid Kuennen, Facilitator & Instructional Designer

Reid and their partner, Liz, at Long Beach, WA. June is Pride month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues in the LGBTQIA+ communities to share the stories of their experience as educators and what it means to them to be a queer role model in schools. Thank you Reid Kuennen, Sound Discipline Facilitator & Instructional Designer, for sharing this inspiring story of your work and journey! Why do you work in education? For me, youth work began with having not had the best experience with traditional school. I got to be a part of after [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:30+00:00June 29, 2022|

Staff Interviews – Kelsey Peronto, Facilitator

June is Pride month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues in the LGBTQIA+ communities to share the stories of their experience as educators and what it means to them to be a queer role model in schools. Thank you Kelsey Peronto for sharing this inspiring story of your work and journey!   Why do you work in education? I work in education because young people inspire me, and they deserve to be supported and bolstered in their self-discovery. My background is working with young folks who have experienced trauma, and I’m driven to help change systems to [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:29+00:00June 24, 2022|

Staff Interviews – Aaron Norikane, Facilitator

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and we asked our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their family heritage and the people who have inspired them in their lives and careers. Thank you to our Facilitator, Aaron Norikane, for sharing this inspiring story of your family!   Aaron with his grandpa, Koji Norikane. What is your heritage? I am a mixed-race, half-Japanese Yonsei (4th generation Japanese). My great grandparents immigrated from Japan. My grandparents were born and raised in South King County in the White River valley (settling in Auburn for most of [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:28+00:00May 31, 2022|

Staff Interviews – Alan Wong, Facilitator

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and we asked several of our Sound Discipline colleagues to share the stories of their family heritage and the people who have inspired them. Thank you Alan for sharing this inspiring story of your family!   Alan and his father visiting their Ancestral Village in Guangdong Province, China in 2019. What is your heritage? I am a mixed-race person of color. My father is Chinese and immigrated to this country in his twenties after growing up in the Philippines. My mother was white and moved to Seattle in her [...]

2023-05-17T18:59:29+00:00May 13, 2022|
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