Core Essential Values: Recent Episodes
Leslie Bolser
How to Treat Others Right. Make Smart Decisions. Maximize Your Potential. Learn more at www.coreessentials.org
Listen in to this convo with Leslie and Dr. Beth from 2023 about creativity, comparison, and heading back to school.
from 2022 about perseverance for you to learn from as you head toward the end of the school year!
from 2022 about perseverance for you to learn from as you head toward the end of the school year!
It's a great month to honor someone, and this episode gives some great ideas for how to do that.
Start off the new year committed to your best parenting yet! Listen in this month as Dr. Beth shares more about how to bring up kids who can stay committed.
Listen in as Dr. Beth shares about how to find joy as a parent this holiday season, and what to do when you simply can't.
Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth as they chat about being a lifelong learner as a child and as a parent, and how to be open to learning new things.
Learn more about parenting your kids to be brave - and helping yourself gather courage in the process!
Heading into summer might seem like a strange time to focus on initiative, but seeing what needs to be done and doing it takes no breaks! Listen in as Dr. Beth and Leslie share about teaching initiative to kids.
TW: Discussion about hopelessness among teens, suicide. Join Dr. Beth and Leslie to hear about parenting with hope - from pre-k through high school.
Listen in to a "mini therapy session" and get some suggestions for parenting with cooperation. Hear how to encourage good teamwork with your kids of all ages.
Dr. Beth and Leslie celebrate the uniqueness of other people's kids - and give you tips for how you can, too! Comparison and jealousy be gone - this month is about learning more about others so you can know more about yourself.
Happy New Year! Beth and Leslie talk about what it takes to parent with resilience, and when we can (and can't) expect kids to bounce back.
Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about how living with the value of service can mesh with - but is different from - service projects. It's the perfect time of year to find out how we can help each other and lend a hand!
Ugh - no one loves talking about self-control, let alone practicing it! Listen in this month for some tips on how to make it a bit less painful, for you and your kids.
Join us this month as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about noticing, empathy, and building skills for compassionate kids.
Welcome back! This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about starting off the school year with wisdom, meeting new teachers, and making new friends.
Commit to a fun summer - listen in for some tips on how to parent with fun and gain some needed rest this summer.
Ugh - this one isn't the most fun to put into practice, but it is so important to live out for our kids. Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth ta;k through modeling and encouraging patience as parents.
Peace can be hard to achieve in your home - tight schedules, grouchy kids, and adult stress can really take their toll! Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about how to look for peace in your relationships so you can find peace in yourself.
Kindness vs being right? Kindness vs being a pushover? Kindness v niceness or politeness? Listen in as Dr. Beth and Leslie tackle these topics and more this month!
Join in as Leslie and Dr. Beth chat about responsibility, trust, and starting off the new year on the right foot!
Tune in to hear Dr. Beth and Leslie talk about parenting your kids to be generous people, now and in the future. Also, we'd love to see the art projects your kids gift you so generously this month! Share with us @cevalues.
This month we cover what it's like to parent with gratitude - avoiding entitlement, finding ways to show our kids that we are grateful for them, and looking around at our own friends and relationships to find ways to say thank you.
This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth chat about integrity - how to keep your kids on the path to being truthful in what they say and do. Off the bat, Dr. Beth drops one particularly hard truth - everybody lies. Listen in!
This month, join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about friendship - how do you help your children establish healthy and lasting friendships at any age? And how do OUR adult friendship habits reflect onto our children's choices?
We're back! It's a new school year, and Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about parenting through the rush of back-to-school while leaving time for creativity.
Ever feel like throwing in the towel? If so, check out this episode where Leslie and Dr. Beth share their highs and lows with the concept of determination - deciding it's worth it to finish what you've started.
Drop in with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they talk about parenting with humility, avoiding entitlement, and finding balance between taking care of yourself and others.
This month's word is forgiveness, so join Dr. Beth and Leslie as they chat about how to do something that's difficult for many of us - how to forgive ourselves as adults.
It might seem like it's obvious, but teaching respect can be a very tricky thing for kids of all ages. Listen in as Dr. Beth shares the best way to build steps to respect with your young children through older teens.
Happy New Year! Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about how to build knowledge in your children.
During this busy time of year, listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth chat about how to find joy at home and with your kids. It's the most wonderful time of the year, right?!
Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth describe practical steps for parenting older children and teens with courage.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they discuss how to parent your young children to be courageous, and how being brave doesn't mean eliminating fear.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about building resilience and grit in our PreK children, including how to handle frustration when confronted with a difficult task.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about building resilience and grit in our teenagers.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about building resilience and grit in our elementary age students.
It's so hard to talk about trust with younger children - it's much easier to give them experiences of trust so they can identify it later in relationships. Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they share more about encouraging trust and trustworthiness in children.
Trust is important to middle and high schoolers as they make relational decisions every day. Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they share more about encouraging trust and trustworthiness in teens.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they kick off the school year with honor. How can you honor your kids, your family's time, and the adults who will invest in your kids this year as the school year gets underway?
Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about how to know when to walk away and when to persevere.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they explore ways to help your preschoolers finish tasks as we wrap up the school year.
Hope can be a tough concept for little ones, but Dr. Beth gives some advice for how to build the foundation for hope even when our children are very young.
The past couple of years may have felt hopeless for your child. Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth about how to talk about and find hope even when your child is in the midst of darkness, as well as how to help your teen dream big.
Helping your elementary age student find hope can be tricky, as developmentally they tend to see things as one (good) or the other (bad). Listen in to Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about strategies for building hope as our kids grow into abstract thinking.
Join Dr. Beth and Leslie as they talk about cooperation for the whole family. From simple tips for cooperating at home to ideas for helping kids through conflict, this is one episode (for all ages!) that you don't want to miss.
Check in with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they talk about compassion and teenagers. It's a natural age to build compassion and care, and this episode has practical ideas to develop compassionate teens in your house.
Dr. Beth and Leslie have a great talk about compassion and elementary aged children. Looking for ways to show you care about others and how to live that out in your home are the topics of the day!
Dr. Beth and Leslie spend some time chatting about teaching compassion to our youngest children. Maybe you start with sharing, helping, and caring for others, and work your way to compassion as they grow and age!
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about self-control with your middle and high school students. How do teenagers know the right thing to do? How do we encourage pausing and thinking before acting?
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about self-control with elementary students. In school, kids learn self-control, rule following, and regulation strategies every day. How can we use the same techniques in our homes to help our kids self-regulate with their families?
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about self-control and preschoolers. Hear some simple habits to use with your kids when developing self-control with little ones.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about service with your middle and high school students. Whether required by a school or given out of compassion, serving or helping others is a great way for our teens to experience empathy and learn more about who they are.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about emphasizing helping (service) with your elementary students.
This one is a tough one! Jump on with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they discuss contentment with all kids.
Talking with preschoolers about a big word like individuality can be tough, but Dr. Beth gives some great tips for helping little ones know and love who they are.
Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth as they chat about parenting teenagers to help them learn who they are and how to use those traits to help those around them.
Join us as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about building skills in your kids that help them learn and love who they are - and how to use that to help others around them.
While your little ones may not be able to "see" what needs to be done, modeling and verbalizing the behavior will set the stage for initiative when they are ready for it.
This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about how initiative can be both a skill to practice (cleaning up, doing homework) as well as a relational necessity (standing up for yourself and others). It's an important one for middle and high school students, as they look toward who they are becoming.
Check in with Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk through parenting techniques to encourage initiative in elementary age students.
As the school year gets off to a start, Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about wisdom and teenagers. Dr. Beth gives us 5 phrases to use as we parent with wisdom. Drop us a line info@coreessentials.org and help us design our upcoming shows about initiative, individuality and contentment!
As the school year gets off to a start, Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about wisdom and children. Here's a link to the article Beth mentions: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.huffpost.com/entry/wisest-things-your-kids-said_n_55e6f471e4b0c818f619c787/amp Drop us a line info@coreessentials.org and help us design our upcoming shows about initiative, individuality and contentment.
Following through on a commitment takes work! Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about parenting your Pre-K's with commitment.
Dr. Beth and Leslie chat about finishing strong - and knowing when and how to quit. Listen as they have a conversation about commitment and teens at the end of the school year.
Being committed to something is tough - especially at the end of the school year! Join Dr. Beth and Leslie as they share tips for making a plan and putting it into practice.
Check in with Beth and Leslie as they talk about the elusive "peaceful home" - even when there are kids in it! This podcast covers all ages, from PreK through high school.
Elementary kids are at the perfect age to practice patience - in fact, they do it every day! Learn how to encourage patience at home and give breaks when you can.
Patience with Pre-Ks?! That's not a thing, right? In this month's episode, learn how to encourage patience in small moments with your young children.
Learn about the 1 in 60 rule for aviation and how it applies to parenting your teens, focusing on what to do while you wait for the big events ahead in adolescence.
Check in with Dr. Beth and Leslie as they share ideas for teaching kindness to 4 and 5 year olds.
Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about kindness with your teenagers. How can you show kindness, teach kindness, and encourage kindness in your adolescents and teens? Tune in to find out!
Leslie and Dr. Beth talk about kindness with your kids - what do we need more in the world today?! Listen in and get tips on raising kind kids.
This month, Leslie and Dr. Beth discuss parenting teens with an eye to building trust and gaining responsibility.
Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth describe parenting preschoolers to instill responsibility.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about helping kids learn to gain trust and show responsibility.
Listen in as Leslie and Dr. Beth share about how to encourage generosity in your teens - even when they feel like they have nothing to give.
Listen as Leslie and Dr. Beth discuss how to help your kids be generous - even in pre-k.
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth as they talk about parenting children and teens during tough times (and how to find gratitude for yourself in these moments!).
Join Leslie and Dr. Beth to talk about finding gratitude even when times are tough, especially with young children.
Listen in as Dr. Beth and Leslie talk about parenting your teens and adolescents with integrity.
How do you talk about integrity with a preschooler? Listen in as Dr. Beth and Leslie discuss integrity and honesty with young children.
Parenting teens is always hard. What about parenting isolated, mask-wearing, anxious teens in a pandemic? How can you help your teen develop positive friendships and maintain important relationships?
Raising teens who treat others right, make smart decisions, and maximize their potential is tough all the time - especially now! Listen in for some helpful hints to make your words matter in parenting your teens.
Core Essential Values is a character education curriculum that teaches schools, parents, and communities how to treat others right, make smart decisions, and maximize their potential. These episodes are for parents of middle and high schoolers.
Core Essential Values is a character education curriculum that teaches schools, parents, and communities how to treat others right, make smart decisions, and maximize their potential. These episodes are for parents of middle and high schoolers.
Core Essential Values is a character education curriculum that teaches schools, parents, and communities how to treat others right, make smart decisions, and maximize their potential. These episodes are for parents of middle and high schoolers.