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At Brighthouse, we listen as prospective new parents and students tell us about their past experiences at other school settings. Students share heartbreaking stories of how they have been  mocked and called names like “stupid, idiot, dumb, weird, lazy, and useless” by...

Brighthouse Learning Center > BlogA common area of concern I hear from parents is that their child struggles with regulating anger emotions. This can be really challenging for caregivers to navigate because with pre-teens and teenagers, anger can look like physical...

Brighthouse Learning Center > BlogThere are children in every classroom who are labeled, “lazy, unfocused, not trying hard enough, distracted, not applying his/herself, or a failure,” on their report cards, cum folders, and at conferences. Do you know any of them?...

Brighthouse Learning Center > BlogSocial Emotional Learning (SEL) is a term for teaching life skills, coping strategies, and emotional awareness to students in a school setting. It’s a relatively new trend to incorporate SEL into students’ educational experiences,...

Remember Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz? He was seeking a brain, but in the end learned that he already possessed all of the qualities he needed to meet life’s challenges in abundance, he just didn’t know it.