Empathy is at the heart of what it means to be human. It is the foundation for acting ethically, for good relationships in school and at work. It is the key to preventing bullying and other forms of cruelty. Children learn empathy through parental and peer modeling....

Self-control takes practice and requires effort, intention, and even sometime struggle. Have you ever heard your parents say, “Think before you speak?”  They are trying to help guide you into managing yourself. Hyperion learns to handle his emotions as they come up...

Like a child who sees himself in the mirror for the first time, he is full of self-awareness of his feelings and behaviors. He realizes that he has the freedom to change things about himself and change how he feels about his duties and the pranks of the cat. He...

Socialization is one of the hardest pillars to learn because it requires good role models and frequent demonstrations to be effective. Socialization is simply the ability to steer relationships and navigate social situations. It is not as easy as it sounds. Hyperion...

Our children have suffered greatly during the Covid pandemic due to social isolation and remote learning. When schools reopened, social emotional learning became a primary focus because students desperately needed self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal...

​Teach why character matters. Why develop a good character? Why be good? Why is character important? Good character is the key to self-respect, to earning the respect of others, to positive relationships, to a sense of fulfillment, to achievements you can be proud of,...

​​We can help kids take responsibility for building their own character through good role models. ​​What we learn in the Adventures of Hyperion that kids just like adults like to get the message through relating to the characters in a story. Hyperion demonstrates that...