Challenge: Relationships with Children Challenge

The T. Denny Sanford Harmony Institute at ASU is working toward a world where every child has the opportunity to experience harmonious relationships with the people in their lives. Find out more about them here: https://harmonyinstitute.asu.edu/. What better way to build relationships than by reading together, complete 3 tasks for 30 points and a badge!

When you complete 3 tasks, you will earn 30 points and a badge.

Circle with blocks of color within it. Each square includes an image. These are the ASU Harmony institute logo, chess pieces, a house, a family reading together, movie theater popcorn, drink, tickets and clapperboard.
Circle with blocks of color within it. Each square includes an image. These are the ASU Harmony institute logo, chess pieces, a house, a family reading together, movie theater popcorn, drink, tickets and clapperboard.
Task

Read a parenting book, here are some suggestions:

  • Popular by Mitch Prinstein
  • Raising Human Beings by Dr. Ross Greene
  • How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Ages 2–7 by Joanna Faber.

Plan a game night with the child, or children, in your life.

Watch a movie about family relationships with the child/children in your life. Here are some suggestions:

  • Brave (2010)
  • Wonder (2017)
  • Coco (2017)

Call a child in your life to check in and catch up.

Share a book about relationships with a child. Here are some suggestions:

  • When a Dad Says “I Love You” by Douglas Wood
  • Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
  • Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
  • Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
  • The Elephant Girl by James Patteson and Ellen Banda-Aaku

Watch a TedTalk about kids and the relationships in their life:

  • Why Parents should Listen to Kids | Anyue Sun | TEDxYouth@Xujiahui
  • Molly Wright: How Every Child Can Thrive by Five | TED
  • The Power of Believing That You Can Improve: Carol Dweck
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