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Leadership in Sneakers: Why unstructured play matters
In this session, Dr. Alan E. Nelson provides key insights into the importance of providing unstructured, unsupervised play for kids with friends and neighbors. The reason is that children learn an array of social...
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Developing Your Child's Socio-Emotional Intelligence
In this episode, Dr. Nelson provides practical ideas for parents to develop their child's socio-emotional intelligence (SEI) in the context of leadership training. One of the best ways to increase SEI is through...
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Raising Brave Kids
Leaders must be brave and exude confidence because this influences others. Yet, many kids today suffer from timidity, anxiety, shyness, low self-esteem and fear. In this session, Dr. Nelson addresses practical ideas...
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From Pessimism to Possibilities: Teaching kids to lead with hope
In this episode, Dr. Nelson provides practical and motivational ideas for parents to help their children become optimistic, to see the positive in situations. This is a wonderful lesson for all kids, but it's a must...
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Raising Free-Range Leaders: Interviewing America's "Worst Mom"
In this episode, Dr. Nelson interviews Lenore Skenazy, the bestselling author of Free-Range Kids. The author pushes back on society's over-protective mindset that is creating more fearful and anxious children. Lenore...
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From Pitch to Power: How selling skills can make your child a future leader
In this episode of KidLead Academy, Dr. Nelson provides best practices related to helping your child develop their selling (persuasion) skills. While helpful for all kids, it's essential for leaders, who must sell...
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From Bedtime Battles to Boardrooms: How to develop your child's negotiation skills
Effective leaders know how to negotiate. They don't just flaunt their authority, they understand the process of give and take in relationships. The problem is that most schools do not teach these valuable soft skills,...
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From Victim to Victor:
In this episode, Dr. Nelson establishes the differences between victim and victor thinking. The former involves whining, complaining, and blaming, symptoms of low self-efficacy. Leaders specifically need high...
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Teaching Gen Z How to Lead
In this podcast, Dr. Nelson, founder of KidLead Academy, interviews young leadership expert, Dr. Tim Elmore. Tim was Dr. John. Maxwell's right-hand man for years and then branched out on his own to found Growing...
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What Your Teen May Not Be Telling You
In this session, Dr. Alan E. Nelson, Ed.D. interviews Linda Videll, a recently retired school counselor with over 30 years of interacting with 1000s of teens. While focusing on leadership development, parents will...
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7 Symptoms of Low Influence in a Child/Teen
This podcast begins with a fable that relates to how parents frequently steal from their child's life account, the ability to thrive. Dr. Nelson shares 7, research-based symptoms of low influence, children and teens...
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From Helpless to Hero: 1 Thing Your Child Needs to Lead
In this podcast, Dr. Nelson offers an extremely productive but little-discussed quality for kids to develop, called an internal locus of control. Don't let the name intimidate you if you've not heard of this. Children...
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