by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Mar 6, 2019
I want to share with you my welcome letter in our 2018 Annual Report – and hope you will take a few moments to enjoy these heartwarming stories and photos about our work and wonderful progress. It is hard to imagine that Kidpower was started 30 years ago this coming June! As I look back, […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Feb 20, 2019
We sometimes ask our students in workshops, “How many of you don’t like being told what to do?” Most of them will raise their hands! “And how many of you don’t like being told that you did something that someone else didn’t like?” Again, most hands go up – including our instructors! Many people have […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jan 23, 2019
It has been just over a year since my father Raim died. Although we had many heated conflicts, beneath all our differences was – and still is – an enormous amount of love. And even at the end, my father helped me learn a priceless life lesson: Don’t Wait! In the last few months of […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Jan 14, 2019
English | Español Let me tell you about a New Year’s resolution from 1994 that I’ve managed (mostly) to keep. Late in December 1993, I was getting my new 1994 weekly calendar ready: writing in appointments, project deadlines, and birthdays, thinking about the year ahead, musing on what I wanted to do differently. I came […]
by Irene van der Zande, Kidpower Founder and Executive Director | Dec 21, 2018
An ‘Interruption Power’ Success Story Video Most of us have been taught that, “It is not polite to interrupt!” And we might say to our kids, “Don’t interrupt.” But this one-size-fits-all rule has flaws. For example, have you ever seen children or teens squirm at a social gathering from well-meaning but intrusive questions about their […]