Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
Hosted by Ken Futernick
An Alternative to “Knock it Off!” when Students Fight (Ep. 52)
22 minutes Posted May 13, 2026 at 8:00 pm.
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In this episode of “Courageous Conversations about our Schools,” host Ken Futernick talks with educator and interpreter Shelby Rideout about a simple, in-the-moment strategy for handling kid conflicts without defaulting to “Knock it off,” “Go to your room,” or forced apologies. Instead of sending kids away to “work it out” without tools, Shelby guides them to pause, lower the emotional temperature, and actively look for what they have in common. She shares a hallway incident where two n...