Success in Elementary School, Destressing, Work Conflict Resolution, Informed Voting, Helping Friends with Trauma, Diversity in Media

Success in Elementary School  (0:00:00) We all stress about our high school kids’ grades and our college kids graduation because we want them to do well in the ‘real world.’ But do we give much thought to elementary school? What if the impact of their future success starts much earlier than high school.  If that is the case, how can we make the elementary years meaningful for them? Darryl Webster is an award winning school social worker with 25-years of experience with District of Columbia Public Schools. He joins us to talk about the impact the elementary years will have on our children’s success.  Destressing  (0:15:02) Do you ever feel so bogged down with stress that you can’t seem to move forward? Finding ways to destress can seem difficult especially when it feels like we already have so much on our plate that we can’t even take the time to get organized. However, doing so will help us be more productive. Paula Rizzo is an Emmy award winning television producer and the author of Listful Thinking: Using Lists to be More Productive, Highly Successful and Less Stressed. She’s with us to share the organization secrets that will help us all destress.  Work Conflict Resolution  (0:30:06) What do you do when your kids are fighting? You separate them so they stop bugging each other—you stand in that corner and you stand in that one. But dealing with conflict as an adult can be a little more difficult, especially when it involves people you can’t get away from because you work with them every day. So what can you do when there’s a conflict causing tension at work? We have Emily Taylor back with us. Emily is a mediator and conflict resolution expert, and she’s here to share what we can do to deal with conflict in the workplace.  Informed Voting  (0:49:51) Can you remember the first time you ever voted? That first time—and any time—is exciting, but it can also be a little scary and overwhelming at the same time. And with so many outlets for information about candidates these days, choosing who to vote for can be