GREEN CIRCLE is a Hub for Parents-Teachers-Administrators who want to make a cultural and social difference.
GREEN CIRCLE is a Network Place dedicated to changing the internal and external lives of children to one of empathy. Recognizing that human reason, wisdom, spirit, and body are one, we are dedicated to understanding, appreciating, nurturing, and teaching for the diverse wisdom, spirituality, and compassion of all children. We are dedicated to changing the family, community, national, and internati
onal dinner and table conversation and priorities surrounding the internal and external needs and lives of children. We are a network of very concerned people who are dedicated to supporting the spiritual and wisdom lives of children living in a diverse world. Our collective work will make our world a safer and more compassionate one to live in for all children. We are families, parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, mental health professionals, religious leaders, researchers, and others who share the human values of believing, belonging, contributing, and transcending. We promise to:
• Partner and collaborate with all secular centers, institutes, and faith systems that work in, or are ready to explore and research the Transformational Education needed for children and adults.
• Provide the necessary secular and inter-religious training resources, compassionate tools and practices, community building, educational research and consulting services to change, move and transform the conventional wisdom and understandings of human differences in our traditional institutions, both public, secular, private and religious.
• Create as well as cooperate with on-going national and international spiritual-reason-wisdom programs and processes that enhance sectarian and inter-religious understanding in our families, neighborhoods, communities, schools of learning, and religious and non-religious institutions.
• Connect the human spiritual and wisdom experience with both science and the ancient storytelling that educates caring for the environment.
• Create Inter-generational Trust conversations between, and among religious faith traditions, and with scientific explorers.
• To Create and build on existing bibliographies and libraries of inter-religious, and secular resources for children and adults that will be conducive to supporting the religious, spiritual, scientific and wisdom lives of children.
•Green Circle- An Empathy building process for children in Elementary School.
• New Games- An Inter-generational Play Experience that teaches the values of competition and cooperation.
• Capacitar—An active and interactive Trauma healing process developed for children and adults.
• Skill building in Non-violence and Peacemaking Circles for parents and Grandparents
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It can feel uncomfortable to go against what many of us were taught.
To slow down.
To listen.
To meet our children with empathy.
Sometimes it gets labeled as “too much” or “not enough structure.”
And at the same time,
these moments of respect and connection are how children learn about themselves.
How they begin to feel safe expressing their thoughts, their needs, and their emotions.
Because when children are treated with dignity,
they learn to carry that same respect within themselves and toward others.
Connection and respect are not extras—they’re part of what helps children grow.
If you’d like support putting this into practice,
you can explore tools, resources, and guidance inside the GENM App:
bit.ly/GenMindfulApp
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The moments before bedtime often carry more influence than many parents realize. These final 30 minutes can shape how a child feels, thinks, and settles before sleep. It is not about correction or long explanations, but about connection.
Children end their day by processing emotions and experiences. Laughter, storytelling, and calm interaction help the nervous system relax. These simple moments signal safety and allow the body to shift from alertness to rest more naturally.
Gentle touch, eye contact, and warm conversation can strengthen emotional security. When children feel safe at the end of the day, their brain learns that home is a place of comfort. This supports healthier sleep and emotional balance over time.
This does not mean bedtime needs to be perfect or long. Even small consistent rituals can have a strong impact. What matters is presence, not performance. Children remember how they felt more than what was said.
Parents can build simple routines like reading, talking about the day, or sharing quiet moments together. These habits create stability and trust. The way a child ends the day often shapes how they begin the next one.
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Gentleness isn’t weakness.
It’s presence.
It’s breath.
It’s choosing calm, even when things feel anything but calm.
It’s the kind of strength that stays.
That listens.
That guides without gripping tighter.
And in those moments when discipline is needed, gentleness becomes the steady voice your child can feel safe with—and learn from.
If this feels different than how you were raised, you’re not alone. You’re learning a new way, one moment at a time.
When you’re looking for support on that path, we’re here for you.
Explore our free emotional education resources and tools for families here: bit.ly/free-GENM-Resources
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Truth.
(via Light Bulbs and Laughter )
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Let’s quit treating this President and his cabinet normal.
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