A few years ago I decided to change how I spent New Year’s Eve. Rather than going out, I decided to bring my focus in on my children, on my family, and on myself. So began a new tradition in our home: The Vision Board. Each of
Read more →Students and parents look forward to enjoying some downtime during the long holiday break. However, along with this opportunity to relax, comes a disruption in academic routine. For some children the lack of a school routine over the holiday break makes it difficult to get back in
Read more →Yeah for my son’s elementary school librarian! My son came home excited about the Flappy Bird game he coded during library time. My junior high son wanted to see it and then for the next hour the two of them coded a Star Wars game we all
Read more →Thanksgiving may be over, but giving thanks shouldn’t be. Expressing appreciation, gratitude, and thankfulness for the positives in your life is a great way to make yourself and others feel good. Gratitude also provides a great bridge to building a growth mindset by finding something to be
Read more →According to a recent survey done for the American Psychological Association, teens are feeling more stressed-out than adults today with school being a main cause. Fully 83% reported that traditional schools were a somewhat or significant source of their stress. Twenty-seven percent reported “extreme stress levels” during
Read more →Teenage tantrums can be scary for both you and your teen. Staying calm in the face of a teenage tantrum, especially one where your teenager is pushing your buttons in that special way only they can do, challenges even a naturally patient parent. So how do you
Read more →A fear of bothering your child’s classroom teacher may make you reluctant to contact him or her. But what if communicating with your child’s teacher actually helps them do their job? Research from Vital Smarts shows there are five things that teachers want parents to tell them
Read more →A recent study out of Cambridge University found that a student’s grades are being dramatically impacted by the amount of screen time they are exposed too. The study looked at over 800 fourteen and fifteen-year-old students, who on average, spent a total of four hours interacting with
Read more →Tears flow freely after spending an hour trying to solve a math problem. My child pats my back sympathetically and reminds me to use a “growth mindset” when facing a challenge. Experts may debate if and when parents should help with homework, but the reality exists that
Read more →Okay, here we go. Your worst nightmare is happening, well, maybe not your worst, but definitely one of them. Everybody else’s kids seem to be delighted to be going back to school and yours is still lying in bed with the covers drawn tightly over the top
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