Children’s imaginations can conjure up an unlimited amount of desires. They can want pizza for supper, a new video game, an iPhone, designer jeans, a notebook computer, and an increase in their allowance. They may want to take dance lessons, play the guitar, be on a soccer team, own a horse, sleep in until noon, [...]
Susan Fitzell explains how you can use differentiated instruction at home, making adjustments based on your child's learning style
How does this topic relate to homework? As a former high school teacher and a parent of two children who have navigated the teen years, I'm pretty confident that substance abuse negatively impacts student's success in school and hinders the completion of homework. I've always believed that as a pare [...]
Overweight Children Are More Often Bullied - I wonder how much being overweight also impacts a child's self-esteem and the way they carry themselves. Though we are more accustomed to seeing overweight children, the American culture and media still promotes the "thin" as the ideal we should all thrive for.
Reduce and Monitor Children's Television Viewing Relationship skills are taking a back seat to watching TV and videos and playing video games. Children are not interacting with each other to build necessary social skills. Children bring their computer games to school, which further decreases inter [...]