Category: Lifespan Learning
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Families Growing Together: Coming of Age
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Rebellion is an evil word often attributed to teenagers who are struggling to achieve some level of independence. It’s a curious word because it can be utilized in both a positive or negative light. I suppose its attribution depends on which side of the argument one stands. Coming…
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Families Growing Together: Awakening Into a New Experience
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Renewal, or beginning again, is best achieved when we can notice our own internal conflicts and work with them. Restart. Remember. Remind. All these words have something in common. They suggest something old that has been brought back to the present. Whether it be through memories, activities or…
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Families Growing Together: It Takes A Village To Raise A Child
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning What would our world be like if we asked what we could give to the world rather than seeking just what it can give us? What would our country be like if every giving holiday were about giving something of our character? If you could give anything to…
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Families Growing Together: What if Transformation is Letting Go?
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Transformation had never been a concept that I considered at this time of the year. I contemplated transformation at the beginning of a school years and for New Year’s resolutions; these new ideas usually remaining only in my head. In my experience, May had not screamed “Change!”, aside…
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Calling all Lifespan Learning Volunteers!
We are always looking for leaders who wish to share their life’s wisdom and time with youth. We can work with various schedules for volunteers and hope to be able to engage in developing life-long relationships between our children/youth and other adults. Do you have a skill that you think you could teach the children?…
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Families Growing Together: Cultivating Strengths In Our Children
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Have you ever noticed how easy it is to point out someone else’s strengths … but the moment you are asked of yours, you draw a blank? Interviews are prime examples of this. Employers want to know if you have an honest opinion of yourself without creating unnecessary…
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Families Growing Together: Creating Space for Inspiration
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning I have heard that there are two different kinds of people when it comes to career choices. The first group chooses a career as a means to an end; they work to play. The other are people who choose a career they love; in this case, their work…
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Families Growing Together: What We Don’t Tell Our Children
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning Success comes from taking risks. Rewards of risks seldom leave us displeased, resulting in self-esteem boosts and other personal benefits. A risk would not be a risk if it did not have the possibility of failure. I sometimes wonder if we are doing our children a disservice by…
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Families Growing Together: Family Dynamics Are Like Shadows
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning The dynamics of family life are complex and complicated, beautiful and frustrating. We are born or brought into one familial unit; as adults we may create another. Family dynamics are like shadows. They follow us around for most of our lives and seem to come out in full…
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Families Growing Together: Children – Blissful in Their Unknown
by Margaret Evans, Director of Lifespan Learning This month, take some time to sit with your family. Ask them about their fears, about their desires, about those dreams that escape them. Ask each other about what the unknown means to them. Watching small children play is a glimpse into true authenticity. They are not concerned…