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MCEC PodcastAuthor: Military Child Education Coalition
Every move. Every new school. Every time a military kid starts fresh, there's a story worth hearing and hands-on strategies to help! For educators, family members, and those who work with military families, in this podcast, we listen deeply, learn from experts, and celebrate the lives of military-connected children and young adults. We explore the academic, emotional, and social landscapes they navigate connecting families and communities to resources, organizations, and schools that help every child show up college-, work-, and life-ready. Language: en Genres: Education, Education for Kids, Kids & Family Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Community and Commitment, Minute for Minute
Episode 376
Friday, 31 July, 2026
Here, at Brooklyn Youth Sports Club, values are built in young people each moment as they enter into a study-to-play contract, minute for minute. Commitment, integrity, service, and dedication are just a few of the life-skills that BKYSC teaches alongside basketball, business, and trust. The students at BKYSC face many challenges, as do military-connected students: transitory lifestyles, instability and the stress-factors associated with it, and all of the typical struggles of adolescence. How do we, as caregivers to young people, best help? Stay present, whether physically or mentally. How do you create a community? Build it. How do you invest in the future? Speak it into existence, and then show up every day, day-after-day, and expect great things from your kids. They will rise. Show Notes: This show is made possible through generous funding from USAA. Mixing and mastering from Concentus Media, Inc., Temple, Texas, USA. Resources: Brooklyn Youth Sports Club https://www.brooklynyouthsportsclub.org/ Military Child Education Coalition: https://militarychild.org Pygmalion Effect: Eden, D., & Shani, A. B. (1982). Pygmalion goes to boot camp: Expectancy, leadership, and trainee performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 67(2), 194–199. Confirmation Bias: Wason, P. C. (1960). On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 12, 129–140. Biography for Guest Host, Damon Lawrence: Damon Lawrence is formally know as the Director of Programs and Family Engagement for Brooklyn Youth Sports Club. Also know as, "Coach Dame", or "Dad", Damon can ball with the best of them or suit up for corporate work. These days, he focuses on instilling the values that young people will carry with themselves throughout their lives, values that Damon's own community helped pour into him at a young age. With a large family and an even larger community, they helped give him the jumping off point to become the man he is. For the kids at BKYSC, despite the many setbacks they may face due to life circumstance, he has helped them create an vision of growth, expansion, and excellence.
