As your children get older, or if you are returning to school, you might find that there is not enough time in the day to complete homework. I’ve just started back to school after an eight year gap, and I have experienced the stress in realizing that there are not enough hours in the [...]
What do you do when your kids don’t eat their lunch at school? You aren’t there to make sure they eat enough, and they come home from school starving and want to eat a meal. If this only happens occasionally, it might just be that your child didn’t feel well during lunch [...]
School can be impossible to deal with when your child hates to be there. It can be a struggle every day to get your child off to school. How do you deal with a problem like that?
You first need to find out the reason why your child is dreading school so [...]
When your children start school, you have many great opportunities to teach them how to be responsible. As your children get older, you want to make sure they have this value or life skill. Being a responsible person gives you the edge with so many opportunities in life. Start your children down [...]
In elementary school, your child’s grades will probably not show themselves as A’s and B’s but most likely S’s and N’s. Elementary schools tend to avoid the labeling of grades. It can be more difficult to find areas that your child needs help in.
When junior high and high school come along the grades [...]
My kids love to make a card for their new teacher at the beginning of the school year. This might be viewed as a form of brown-nosing, but since they came up with the idea on their own, I figured it was probably innocent. They do the same thing for their piano and [...]
School shopping. The stores love this time of the year. They load their shelves with products full of color and covered in cute patterns and popular pictures. They tease us with the newest and best products available, guaranteed to save us time and make things simpler. My children run up [...]
We have all had the morning rush trying to find backpacks and matching socks. Who has time to deal with that, and even more, who wants that kind of stress to start their day? If you haven’t experienced the shouting: “I can’t find my other shoe. Where is my jacket?” – you [...]
Some people have a fear of tests. For those of us that don’t, it seems hard to understand. Yet it’s important to be able to help your child if they have a fear or stress from taking tests. Without some way to control this, they will have a very difficult time in [...]
When you make the decision to send a child to preschool, there are many different things to look for and some will depend on your circumstances. We all want the best for our children and we want the preschool experience to be a success for our children. The attitude they have when attending [...]