Reasons to Love Teaching Every Day

Jamie | Your sarcastic teaching bestie on Instagram: "“Kids used to handle it.” Yeah… when the expectations were different. Now we’ve got faster pacing, earlier academics, fewer breaks, and higher stakes — all for smaller humans with the same developing brains. This isn’t about “soft kids.” It’s about a system that keeps raising the bar and lowering the support. That’s why I built the Balanced Classroom Challenge — to help classrooms feel calmer, more regulated, and more human without adding ano

Children's impact on happiness