Rebels with a Cause: How Creative Disobedience Makes Kids Their Best Selves
Aya Caspi
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49m
What happens when Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is woven directly into children's television storytelling? In this engaging panel discussion, educational psychologist Laura Brown, NVC trainer Aya Caspi, producer Kim Howitt, and creator Nuria Gonzalez Blanco reveal how subtle script changes transformed preschool stories from lessons in obedience and judgment into experiences of empathy, consent, emotional awareness, and connection. Through behind-the-scenes examples from Silly Sundays and Lou and the Valley Bunch, they demonstrate how language can profoundly shape the way children understand themselves and others.
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