Posts Tagged 'school'
Sep
12
Parenting Corner – My daughter got caught cheating (re-post)
Q: My daughter got caught cheating on her history test and was sent to the dean. She’s a generally good kid, so I don’t understand why she would do this. To make matters worse, I volunteer at the school so this is extremely embarrassing; what do I do?
A: Great …
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Nov
13
The (not-so) Magic Trick To Never Bring Your Kids Stuff To School Again
Showing support for your kids doesn’t mean being at their beck-n-call. You get to choose. In this video Laura shows how she supports her kids and it’s NOT bringing her kids stuff to school.…
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Oct
18
From the archives – My Kids Keep Forgetting Their School Stuff!
Q: My kids are constantly forgetting stuff they need for school and because I work from home they call expecting me to drop it off. It’s really frustrating for me to drive back and forth but I feel bad they don’t have what they need when I know I can …
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May
10
Parenting Corner – Teaching Your Child Resourcefulness (Re-post)
Q. My wife and I both work forcing us to use early care for my 7-year daughter but she doesn’t like it so she clings on to me when I leave her. What can I do to make drop-off easier on both of us?
A. Great Question! This is a
Apr
12
Parenting Corner – My daughter got caught cheating
Q: My daughter got caught cheating on her history test and was sent to the dean. She’s a generally good kid, so I don’t understand why she would do this. To make matters worse, I volunteer at the school so this is extremely embarrassing; what do I do?
A: Great …
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Mar
22
Parenting Corner – Coping with fears of school shootings
Q: With the rise in recent school shootings, I’m not sure how to respond when my kids ask questions like why do kids shoot other kids? How do they get those guns? Why are the videos of the school after the shooting online? It’s all senseless to me; what do …
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Mar
15
Parenting Corner – Paying for extracurricular activities
Q. My kids are constantly asking me for lunch money, money for field trips and extracurricular activities. I don’t feel I can say no; I want them to be able to participate with their friends. At the same time this is getting expensive, do you have any advice?
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Jan
4
Parenting Corner – My son was being tormented
Q: My 11-year old son was being tormented by a couple of girls for half the school year and I didn’t know until the Dean call me. I’m concerned he let it go this long and I didn’t know anything about it, what should I do?
A. Great question! It’s …
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Dec
14
Parenting Corner – Controlling video game usage
Q: My elementary school children want to play videos games the minute they come home from school. I don’t think it’s healthy but believe they deserve a fun activity of their choice after sitting in class all day; do you have suggestions?
A. Great question! It’s easy for people to …
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Sep
21
Parenting Corner – My Kids Keep Forgetting Their School Stuff!
Q: My kids are constantly forgetting stuff they need for school and because I work from home they call expecting me to drop it off. It’s really frustrating for me to drive back and forth but I feel bad they don’t have what they need when I know I can …
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