Melissa Chan-Green

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1,676 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 30 Aug

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School Shorts · Resilience, Manners and Emotional Regulation with Cara Zelas · 14 Jun 2026 podcast

And it's not forbidden food.

But if you want to be strong and fast, then eat more of the strong and fast foods and less of the foods that are going to slow you down.

And so we just say the same with tech.

It's not forbidden.

There will be times that we will allow you to do certain things on a device or watch things with us.

But generally, it's not going to help your brain operate at a faster pace.

So do all of the things that help your brain operate at a faster pace more often and the things that make your brain slow down less often.

And then in terms of equipping them for a high-tech future, as you say, they're going to work out how it works because it's so user-friendly anyway.

But I guess what you're saying is that you're equipping them with the skills so that when they can really start using that tech, they're using it, not being used by it.

So you are intentionally teaching those skills with your work through World of Little Dude.

And so I just wanted to go over some of the social skills specifically that you teach and that you focus on.

Because you look at manners as a skill.

How do you teach that and why?

Well, I premise this to say that

And I guess the same could be said for kindness, which is another social skill that you include as your programme.

What about growth mindset?

I was interested in what you mean by this and how you work with schools to teach this.

So it's showing a bit of vulnerability and overcoming that so that they say, well, that's something that my parent values and so that's something that I'm going to try to do as well.

What do you say, though, to the criticism of that to some people who say, oh, gosh, we've really gone all fluffy and, like, we really should just be saying to kids, you know, try hard.

What's wrong with wanting to win?

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