Building confidence in children is one of the most important steps educators and parents can take to ensure an atmosphere for learning. When kids achieve something, whether it's riding a bike, learning to do a math problem, or mastering a new martial art form, they get a sense of being more able and capable. As they achieve and learn more skills, they can more easily tap into that high-octane fuel called confidence.

World War Two is over—but not for Jonathan Preston!The United States Army’s most successful covert operative to come out of WWII, Jonathan Preston, and his team of agents race against time to stop a rogue Japanese submarine from attacking the US with a biological weapon capable of inflicting unimaginable casualties.Shortly before the war ends, an Imperial Japanese intelligence czar implements a sinister plan of revenge against the US to strike Washington DC and New York Cit...

World War Two is over—but not for Jonathan Preston!The United States Army’s most successful covert operative to come out of WWII, Jonathan Preston, and his team of agents race against time to stop a rogue Japanese submarine from attacking the US with a biological weapon capable of inflicting unimaginable casualties.Shortly before the war ends, an Imperial Japanese intelligence czar implements a sinister plan of revenge against the US to strike Washington DC and New York Cit...

World War Two may be over, but the battle is far from finished for Jonathan Preston. A year after a rogue Japanese general's failed attempt to unleash a deadly biological weapon on the United States, Preston and his elite team of U.S. Army counterintelligence agents find themselves hunted by a relentless assassin.Their target: Uchito Tsukuda, a former Japanese army intelligence czar turned ruthless organized crime chieftain. Tsukuda is determined to reclaim a sacred and ancient Jap...

It's powerful to see how even a small act of kindness can ripple outward, touching lives and encouraging others to do the same. That feeling often begins when someone notices another person's struggle and feels moved to help. For children, the instinct to comfort and support others comes naturally, making it especially important to recognize and praise moments when they help others and show kindness.Helping others, sometimes called helpfulness, is a meaningful virtue. It involves d...

Determination is a life skill that is necessary for children to learn to overcome challenges and accomplish goals and objectives in their lives. Determination allows children to persevere despite difficulties, adversity, and setbacks. And it helps children develop greater skills, learn from mistakes, and overcome obstacles.Children need to learn that not one of us is perfect at anything when we start and that failing or not winning isn't the end of the world. However, getting back ...

For children, one of the most important things to understand is that courage doesn't always feel like courage. Most of the time, it simply involves being as brave as possible when facing new experiences and difficult situations.Courage comes in various forms and expressions. Some acts may be large, and others may be small. Nevertheless, when all the small acts are added up, they may make as big of an impact as a single extraordinary act of courage.Being courageous has surpr...

Discipline may be the most essential key to excellence that a child can learn. Children that are disciplined will grow up learning critical life skills like self-control, respect, persistence, resilience, and patience. They learn to respect their parents, teachers, authority figures, and themselves. And they develop social skills-empathy, patience, compassion, and knowing how to share-which are essential for making friends and sustaining healthy relationships.Not only is discipline...

Respect is one of the most important virtues a child can learn. It’s the glue that holds their relationships together. A respectful child accepts someone for who they are, even if they're different from them. Respect in your child’s relationships builds feelings of trust, safety, and harmony.Teaching children how to respect others can help ensure they develop positive relationships with their family, friends, peers, and teachers throughout their life. But, ultimately, it’s about ma...

With bullying occurring so often in our schools and neighborhoods, it is difficult for a child to grasp the reasoning behind the bullying because they are wrapped up in the stress and abuse it causes. Helping children deal with meanness involves giving them the right tools to address the problem. In Taekwondo, we teach children to deal with bullying by being confident, disciplined, and courageous enough to be a Guardian of Peace, which means they never start a fight, and they do everything...

With bullying occurring so often in our schools and neighborhoods, it is difficult for a child to grasp the reasoning behind the bullying because they are wrapped up in the stress and abuse it causes. Helping children deal with meanness involves giving them the right tools to address the problem. In Taekwondo, we teach children to deal with bullying by being confident, disciplined, and courageous enough to be a Guardian of Peace, which means they never start a fight, and they do everything...

Respect is one of the most important virtues a child can learn. It’s the glue that holds their relationships together. A respectful child accepts someone for who they are, even if they're different from them. Respect in your child’s relationships builds feelings of trust, safety, and harmony.Teaching children how to respect others can help ensure they develop positive relationships with their family, friends, peers, and teachers throughout their life. But, ultimately, it’s about ma...