7 Common Back to School Hassles and Simple Parenting Solutions
Though back to school should be exciting, parents often describe frantic mornings, hectic evenings, and plain bad memories. Homework wars…lost library books…last-minute assignments…missed buses…sleepy...
View Article10 Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids Succeed in School
10 tips to boost the right involvement in children’s education so parents make the grade The crisis in education is mind-boggling: Every 26 seconds another American children drops out of our school...
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How to Know and What To Do If Your Child Is Bullied
Warnings that a child may be the target of a bully and crucial steps to take if it’s true Peer abuse–just the thought can send shivers down our spines. But the fact is hundreds of children skip school...
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7 Biggest Discipline Mistakes and Simple Solutions to Change Kids’ Behavior
You may be surprised to discover what you’re doing wrong to turn that behavior around Note to my readers: Over the past years I’ve been on a mission to find the best solutions in child development —...
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9 Secrets to End Homework Wars
Parenting tips to minimize our nagging and maximizing their learning …until they can finally do homework solo style! “You can’t make me!” “Why do I have to do homework?” “Can’t I pleeeeease just go to...
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3 Simple Skills That Help Kids Gain Friends and Be Rejected Less
All children are turned down by friends–even the most popular kids! Researchers found in a study of second and third graders that 26 percent of the time, even the most well-liked children in the class...
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Why I’m a Big Fan of Kid Boredom!
Parenting advice to help kids learn to self entertain and enjoy their own company! Do beware: a new trend shows our Micromanaged, Over-structured, “Plugged-In” Generation can’t stand boredom. Maybe...
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Parenting Our Fabulous Middle Kids: 7 Typical “Issues” and Solutions
Is the “Middle Kid Syndrome” really a problem? Not if we apply the research. Have more than two kids? Then I’m betting you’ve heard a few of these: “It’s like I’m stuck in the middle.” “But I don’t...
View ArticleThe Power of Gossip
This week’s article is a guest post from Rosalind Wiseman on the negative impact and harm that gossip can have in reducing a safe and caring school climate and creating a dehumanizing “us” vs. “them”...
View Article7 Practices That Nurture Respect In Children
Though most teachers admit that there are some students they never forget, the same is true about parents. I vividly remember a mother of one of my students all because of the way she conveyed respect...
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