For Families
Resources
Reading and websites to help you build these skills at home.
From Browning
Browning guides
- Digital Life at Browning The school's K-12 family guide to technology and digital life. It pairs well with the Healthy habits and Sustained attention skills.
- Printable checklists for each grade band, if approved.
Suggested Reading
Books for parents
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- Smart but Scattered, Peg Dawson and Richard Guare A practical guide to executive skills in children.
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck The research behind growth mindset.
- The Self-Driven Child, William Stixrud and Ned Johnson On helping children build a sense of control over their own lives.
- How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims On building independence and self-reliance.
Websites
Trusted sources
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- Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University Research on executive function and self-regulation.
- Understood Plain-language articles for families on learning and attention.
- CASEL The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning.