{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Raintree Montessori","provider_url":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current","author_name":"Heather","author_url":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/author\/heather\/","title":"Teaching the Soft Skills: The Lessons of Grace and Courtesy","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wNkpbzxW7o\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/teaching-soft-skills-lessons-grace-courtesy\/\">Teaching the Soft Skills: The Lessons of Grace and Courtesy<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/teaching-soft-skills-lessons-grace-courtesy\/embed\/#?secret=wNkpbzxW7o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Teaching the Soft Skills: The Lessons of Grace and Courtesy&#8221; &#8212; Raintree Montessori\" data-secret=\"wNkpbzxW7o\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/raintreemontessori.org\/current\/rtr-current\/uploads\/2016\/09\/servingCupcake.jpg","thumbnail_width":1,"thumbnail_height":1,"description":"From Forbes magazine and the Wall Street Journal to the Huffington Post and the New York Times, we find articles on the importance of the \u201csoft skills\u201d. You can blame my generation for throwing out some of them with the bathwater of conventions in the 60s, and now in the Digital Age where we spend most of our time in front of a screen, we have moved farther and farther away from simple courtesies such as listening when another person speaks and saying thank you. [...]"}