Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Clare Evans. We all know how important it is for our children to find a hobby that they love. But as a parent it can be tiresome trying to prize them away from their beloved video games. With the internet, gaming consoles, and handhold devices taking over their lives; it can be nearly impossible [...]
By: Steve Reifman. Parents are their daughter’s first and most important teachers. In this critical role parents have the greatest impact on their kids’ academic, physical, social, and moral development and the greatest impact on their daughter’s motivation to learn. In my experience, parents are typically eager to do everything in their power to contribute [...]
By: Alyson Schafer. Does your toddler do chores around the house? I know, I know, you’re probably thinking what could a toddler possible do? They can hardly walk, talk or blow their own nose. How could they possible be responsible for helping around the house? Chores from the youngest age are not only possible; they [...]
By: Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. In classrooms across America, teachers strive to provide engaging lessons, meaningful homework, and assessments, but more often than not, our students aren’t LEARNING HOW TO LEARN. Kids walk out of their classrooms armed with study guides, notes, or retrieval tomorrow, next week, and three months from now. As the end [...]
Motherhood always comes as a surprise to me. Just when I think I completely understand my daughters, I suddenly find that I don’t. But it is these constant changes in personality and attitude are what makes being a parent exciting – one day my 4-year-old loves the color blue (and insists on drinking out of [...]
By: by Emily Patterson and Kathleen Thomas. You may not know it but, recent research suggests that sign language is actually innate. As a matter of fact, many indigenous peoples around the world, including American Indian nations, have used sign language for centuries to facilitate communication with other tribes with whom they do not share [...]
By Erik Fisher, PhD, AKA Dr E… It is true that the expertise of the school faculty is to help provide your daughter with an education. It is also your job to support that end. One of the biggest challenges is that many parents do not feel skilled at educating their kids, and many times [...]
By Maria Chesley Fisk, Ph.D. There are lots of ways to be smart! We need a range of abilities—analytical, creative, social & emotional, and practical—and the motivation to use them. Yes, we are probably born with tendencies toward particular strengths and thinking styles in these areas, but all of them are affected by what we [...]
By Victoria Winterhalter Brame. From coast to coast, American kids watch too much TV. The average child watches 20 hours each week. Over the course of a year, the Center for Screen Time Awareness says these 1,040 hours of television equate to more than the 900 hours of school. So where can parents go for [...]
The answer to the age-old question that drives parents nuts!
