Srikanth Bolla was born blind in rural India. Schools refused him. Boards told him to drop science. He fought every single one of them and became the first blind international student at MIT. This week, we open Ownership Energy month with his story and one small practice that helps kids understand their choices are the most powerful thing they have.

Most kids aren't held back by their circumstances. They're held back by a belief that got installed early and never got updated. This week, we close out Self-Trust month with a story about elephants, a skill for helping kids reclaim their inner compass, and a look back at a week of Camp Supernova that reminded us what kids are really capable of.

Most kids don't make decisions — they crowdsource them. This week, we explore cognitive autonomy: the practice of forming your own view before polling the room. We share the story of a man who made the most consequential decision of his life alone, in a prison cell. Plus a free ice cream printable that turns this week's skill into a summer game the whole family can play.

Self-trust isn't just about gut instincts. This week, it's about voice — and what happens when kids learn to say the true thing, not just the easy thing. We share the story of a Sudanese teenager who stepped onto an international pitch for the first time, lost by 17, and still found the right words. Plus a simple practice to help your child do the same.

Temple Grandin saw the world in pictures, not words. Doctors and ranchers alike doubted her. She trusted her perception anyway, and it changed an entire industry. This week, we open July with Carl Rogers and the foundation of self-trust: learning to treat your own experience as real data.

Wilma Rudolph was told she would never walk. She became the fastest woman in the world — not through sheer willpower, but through a particular kind of wondering. This week, we close out Curiosity Drive with Eleanor Duckworth's most powerful insight and one tiny experiment to try over the July 4th weekend.

An Italian educator named Loris Malaguzzi believed children come into the world with a hundred ways to think, create, and express themselves — and that most of us unwittingly take 99 of them away. This week, we're learning how to give them back. Plus, we're announcing the winners of our Big Idea Challenge!

Fresh from its Best Short Film win at the Niagara Canada International Film Festival, The Hero Within reminds us that every child carries something extraordinary inside them. This week, we’re sharing a simple way to nurture curiosity and help children discover the hero within.

Curiosity isn't just a personality trait. It's a cognitive engine — and research shows it's one of the strongest predictors of achievement in children. This month we're exploring how to fuel it, starting with one tiny practice you can try this week.

Stanford researcher Jelena Obradovic found that parents who intervene too often — even with good intentions — can quietly undermine a child's developing sense of self-determination. This week, we close out the month with the most counterintuitive contribution skill of all: the art of doing nothing.

We spend a lot of time teaching kids how to compete. But a legendary coach and a Stanford researcher both noticed something surprising: the young people who thrived most weren’t always the ones focused on winning. They were the ones who learned how to make the people around them stronger too.

What kids hear after “good job” may not be what we think. This week: David Yeager’s research on praise, motivation, and why some kids stop helping after they fail once.

Courage doesn’t come from inspiration—it comes from repetition. This week, a simple practice that helps kids take one small brave step, again and again.

Turns out, the urge to help doesn't have to be taught. Harvard psychologist Felix Warneken found that infants as young as 14 months will pause what they're doing — without a single prompt — to help someone in need. This week, we explore what that means for how we raise kids.

Courage doesn’t come from inspiration—it comes from repetition. This week, a simple practice that helps kids take one small brave step, again and again.

Jonathan Haidt's research on the anxious generation reveals something uncomfortable: our instinct to protect kids from all risk may be exactly what's making them more fragile. Here's what to do differently.

What if anxiety isn’t something we have to fix right away?

Psychologist Susan David reminds us that emotions are data, not directives. Just ask the schoolgirl who noticed the ocean behaving strangely before a tsunami — her uneasy feeling wasn’t the problem, it was the signal. When kids learn to pause and get curious about what emotions might be telling them, worry starts to feel less overwhelming… and a lot more useful.

What if fear isn't the problem? A researcher spent years studying the mechanics of courage and found something that changes everything: the more afraid your child feels, the higher their courage score can be. There's a formula. And once you see it, it's hard to unsee.

We’ve spent the month on Choice Power. This week it’s the parent’s turn. Dr. Shefali Tsabary turns the mirror on us — introducing the Five F’s of Parenting Reactivity and the gap between the child we imagined and the child actually in front of us. Plus: last chance for the Hare on the Chair Easter Adventure.

Every time your child argues or pushes back, that’s not a problem to shut down — that’s a skill trying to develop. This week, Kwame Christian, CEO of the American Negotiation Institute, teaches us why negotiation isn’t conflict. It’s connection. Plus: a Mood Monster Approved Easter Adventure your family won’t forget.