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Finish The School Year With Success!

Summer is coming and your child is anxious to quit school on a sour note. You keep telling your child to “finish strong, or else!” Parents searching for some parenting tips to keep your child in the “learning mode” will find this advice article helpful. Parenting Tips To Ending The School Year On A Positive...

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School Safety: Advice For Parents and Teachers

On April 16, 2007, the shooting events at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, brought about intense debate about the responsibility of colleges and universities to provide safe environments and to increase their abilities to prevent and manage serious crisis events. In some states, mandatory school lock down drills practices several times a year are now...

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Great Schools: 35 Factors That make A School Great

All parents want their children to attend a great school. But, do we know the characteristics or factors that make one school better than another; one greater vs. one not-so-great? The National Education Association, the largest teachers organization in the United States, shares some information in this article that parents may use while making a...

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Learning Fun: 7 Ways Teachers & Parents Can Use Online Tools to Keep Students Interested

Learning can be fun, creative and fascinating! Parents and teachers will benefit from author and friend Vanessa Van Petten’s article. Parents are included in this article because you are and will become your child’s best teacher. You will not only have the opportunity to team with professional experts that directly work with your child in...

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Reading: 6 Ways To Help Young Learners To Read

Teaching reading is essential for our youth not only to live, but survive in a world that is becoming more open to cultural and diverse forms of communication. Coaching parents to become productive teachers in their home is a growing, successful trend. Parents want to help their young child learn how to read, but few...

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21 Apr Posted by in Academics | Comments

Show Your Child You Read

When you take your child to the library, check out a book for you. Then set a good example by reading yourself. Ask your child to get one of his books and join you while you read a book, magazine, or newspaper. Don’t worry if you feel uncomfortable with your own reading ability. Just doing...

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15 Mar Posted by in Academics, Mental Health | 1 comment

Diagnosing Autism

Parenting child who have been diagnosed with autism does not mean a life long or child development parenting nightmare. Child psychology and child behavioral experts share that parents who become aware of their autistic child’s needs by teaming with medical and educational specialist will have many opportunities as parents to experience positive outcomes. Like many...

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10 Mar Posted by in Academics, College Planning | Comments

Financial Planning for College

When I graduated from college 28 years ago, the cost of a one 3 credit course was approximately $42.  The same course now (at a state school) will run approximately $420!  Parenting children who are planning to go to college takes time and effort.  Any financial planner will tell you, “the sooner you begin, the...

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10 Mar Posted by in Academics, College Planning | Comments

Your First Year of College: 25 Tips to Help You Survive and Thrive Your Freshman Year and Beyond

The first years of college can be stressful for both the student and parent. Helping your child as he or she enters the final stages of child developmental should include a discussion of post secondary school options. In some parts of the country, less than 25% of the students who enter college leave with a...

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School Anxiety and School Phobia

As a fun summer comes to an end, butterflies nerves fill the bellies of many children as they get dressed for their first day back to school. Parents assure their child that they will do “just fine.” For most children that’s where the anxiety ends; they reach the classroom, catch up with their friends and...

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