Parenting

Common Signs of a Learning Disability

Common Signs of a Learning Disability 150 150 Kristen

Does your child dread heading to school each morning? Do you notice that your child avoids homework or becomes easily upset or frustrated while working on schoolwork? While it’s true…

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What Happens When Your Child is the Bully?

What Happens When Your Child is the Bully? 150 150 Kristen

Raising children is difficult. After all, they don’t come with a manual and as a parent you are presented with new situations and obstacles each day. Finding out your child…

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Bullying: How to Recognize It and What to Do About It

Bullying: How to Recognize It and What to Do About It 150 150 Kristen

We’ve all experienced it at one time or another, whether we were a victim, a bystander or a perpetrator. Sometimes it seems as though bullying and being bullied are just…

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Getting Ready to Go Back to School

Getting Ready to Go Back to School 150 150 Kristen

At this point you and your littles one have probably been enjoying the lazy days of summer and gotten into the habit of being on vacation. With just a few…

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Helping Your Child Transition to Middle School

Helping Your Child Transition to Middle School 150 150 Kristen

Graduating from grade school and transitioning into middle school is a big step for your child. It can also be a very scary, intimidating step. There are many new aspects…

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Having Fun (and Learning) on Summer Break

Having Fun (and Learning) on Summer Break 150 150 Callie

Worried about your child falling behind over summer break? Don’t want to waste a great opportunity for your child to continue learning and growing mentally and emotionally? Then help turn…

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The Importance of Family Meals

The Importance of Family Meals 150 150 Callie

Remember those old television shows where Mom cooks a big dinner and the whole family sits down together to eat at the table? Now let’s think about reality, where you…

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How it Works: Ability Grouping

How it Works: Ability Grouping 150 150 Suzanne

Tracking, or grouping students by ability, is one of the single most controversial topics in education. It is a practice that impacts students, teachers, administrators, and of course, families as…

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A Parent’s Guide to Dysgraphia

A Parent’s Guide to Dysgraphia 150 150 Callie

You bring home a new coloring book and crayons for your young child and she seems uninterested or even upset. You ask your child to jot down a quick note…

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Controlling Your Child’s Technology Obsession

Controlling Your Child’s Technology Obsession 150 150 Kristen

As technological advances seem to be making leaps and bounds every day and new devices become integrated into our lives more regularly it’s easy to feel as though we may…

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