Help Your Child Develop Good Study Habits
As parents we know the evening homework and study drill. Whether we sit with our young students to help them complete their assignments, or…
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Time Management for Teens
Time management isn’t just for adults at work. The first few months of a new school year see many parents struggling to support their…
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Master the Parent-Teacher Conference
It’s almost time for the first parent-teacher conferences of the year. For parents, this meeting can cause anxiety because it is an evaluation of…
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Five Things You Need to Know about ESSA
The start of the new school year is a busy time for many families as they juggle hectic schedules with homework, extracurricular activities and…
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How to Build Your Child’s Empathy Muscles
Empathy is a skill—one that we can cultivate and strengthen with practice. It requires us to imagine how someone else is feeling and then respond…
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How to Curb Your Kid’s Smartphone Use
The typical child spends over 7 hours a day looking at a screen—mainly a smartphone—which can affect their social, mental and academic development. Smartphones…
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10 Tips to Get Your Child to Love Reading
It’s clear that when families are engaged in education, everyone wins—schools, families and students! Creating daily family reading experiences helps your children to develop…
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Make the Olympics a Learning Opportunity
The Olympic Games can be such an inspiring and exciting time to watch TV as a family. But beyond the fantastic feats, breathtaking speed,…
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The Importance of Family Reading
Reading gives us two gifts—the gift of understanding and the gift of feeling understood. Every new book you read shows you another life, another…
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Why ‘Bad Moms’ Need PTA
I’m sure you’ve seen the advertisements on Facebook and TV for the new comedy Bad Moms, released in theaters July 29. It tells the…
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