Parenting > School and Learning
Why Home School?
Why home school? The question should be, why not? As parents, we are children’s primary educators. We teach them every day life skills. (i.e. personal care, responsibility, values, etc.) It would seem reasonable that we could extend that learning to include skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Get Your Children Excited About Reading
How do you get your children excited about books when there’s so much summer fun going on? You’ve got to let them know that reading is fun! Here are a few ideas.
A Simple Way To Find A Tutor
Finding the right tutor for the right price can be a difficult task for any parent. Fortunately, theres a new web site that makes it easy. TutorsUSA is a new service that allows parents to search for tutors on just about every imaginable topic. Best of all, its free!
Bullying
Bullying is a common experience for many children and adolescents. Surveys indicate that as many as half of all children are bullied at some time during their school years, and at least 10% are bullied on a regular basis.
Children Who Won’t Go To School
Going to school usually is an exciting, enjoyable event for young children. For some it brings fear or panic. Parents have cause for concern when their child regularly feels sick from tension, “plays sick” or with minor physical complaints wishes to stay home from school.
Child Violence – How to Protect Your Child
Did you know that over 6 million boys and 4 million girls are involved in fights every year on school grounds? Many are physically threatened while a large number of students are also robbed. Learn how to better protect your children from violence.
Empowering Kids to Deal with Bullies
Did you know that 23% of 9th graders have carried a weapon to school recently? According to the US Justice Department, one out of three kids will be offered or sold drugs at school while one out of four kids is bullied either mentally or physically every day. Do we really know what happens to our kids when they leave the safety of our homes to go to school?