- Don't buy school supplies in advance: Almost every year I have gotten school supplies in advance, only to show up at school and discover I need something else or something I got isn't the right type. Get it all after the first day of school in one easy trip to avoid miscalculation. Most schools aren't going
Archive for September, 2009
Back to School…
September 10th, 2009 by Jacob P. | Academics, Adolescence, Behavior, Eating, Elementary, Emotions, Helpful hints, Learning, Preschool, Sleep, Teen Perspective, Teens
That's right, the dreaded time of year has arrived for most American students! With this comes panic, fatigue, and suffering. So, in order to keep you from quarantining your child or wallet, I've made a teen's back to school survival guide for you, the parent.
Teaching the Right Values to Tots
September 8th, 2009 by Joe Lawrence | Adolescence, Behavior, Emotions, Infants/Toddlers, Learning, Teen Perspective
As parents we teach our children values on which to base their lives. Basically, we are programming their minds to operate in the real world. Are we simply reteaching the values taught to us by our parents or ones that we adopted throughout the years?
In my book, Inspire Tomorrow, I talk about how we are just like those who are closest to us. We act similarly to those we spend the most time with. Kids whose parents like a particular sports team, often root for the same ones. Children of smokers are more likely to smoke. Our religious and political
In my book, Inspire Tomorrow, I talk about how we are just like those who are closest to us. We act similarly to those we spend the most time with. Kids whose parents like a particular sports team, often root for the same ones. Children of smokers are more likely to smoke. Our religious and political
The Jaycee Lee Dugard story caught the world off-guard when it suddenly burst into the open, hitting every parent smack on the face with the harrowing thought of how unsafe the world could be for our children. The thought of having one's child snatched by some deranged individual and kept away and abused for many years sends a chill down every parent's spine. What happened to Jaycee could happen to any child. What is really disturbing is the fact that Jaycee's kidnappers managed to keep secret a crime that spanned 18 years in their backyard.
As a parent, I can imagine
As a parent, I can imagine
Times of transition can be rough on all of us. But for the little ones, it can be particularly devastating. Whether it's a move to a new house or changing to a new school or even dealing with new neighbors, kids will feel the change acutely.
Sometimes things have to change. "When in the course of human events..." and all that. Change happens. But for the children, it can be hard to comprehend and even harder to deal with.
For one thing, the time that you lived in a house may be only seven years to you, but to a child, it's
Sometimes things have to change. "When in the course of human events..." and all that. Change happens. But for the children, it can be hard to comprehend and even harder to deal with.
For one thing, the time that you lived in a house may be only seven years to you, but to a child, it's
