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🎉  Kathryne Imabayashi, a retired international educator and parenting coach, discusses her extensive experience living and working in diverse locations like Japan, Lebanon, Bangkok, and Georgia, and raising and educating her son around the world.

🌎 She shares her passion for the Reggio Emilia philosophy, which emphasizes children's competence, the environment as the third teacher, and interest-led learning. She focuses on the unique needs of boys: the importance of parent awareness and advocacy, providing ample physical activity, limiting screen time, and adjusting communication styles to accommodate boys' tendencies.

👍 Kathy advocates for parents to respect gender differences and cultivate a deep, lasting relationship with their sons built on understanding and time.

✨ ACTIONABLE TIPS:

• View your child as competent and capable and allow them to lead their own learning. 
• Educate yourself on the typical developmental needs and gifts of boys. Use this knowledge to advocate for accommodations (like movement breaks) in school environments.
• Plan for physical activity before, during and immediately after learning (e.g., stopping at the park) to help them regulate their energy.
• Shift away from expecting intense, face-to-face conversations. Instead, opt for "shoulder-to-shoulder" interactions (like talking in the car or while doing an activity) which are often more comfortable
• Boys excel at single-focus: use brief, direct instructions to ensure your message is received.
• Actively help your son create a robust emotional vocabulary by providing words for different feelings.
• AND MORE! LISTEN NOW!

Resources:

Kathy's Sonhood Coaching website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube

Kathy' Podcast: Unlocking the Parenting Code 

Raising Remarkable Men book 

Denver Worldschoolers Meetup- Dec 18 from 4:30-8 at the German Christmas Market

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Host: I'm Suzy May and my family lives between Spain and Colorado. 🌞

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