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Monday, July 11th, 2011By and large, the parents of this generation of children have been told to be positive and to praise their children’s efforts. However, that has not always translated to the confident, competent children that their supportive parents had hoped to see. In their NEA Today article, “Praise Paradox,” authors Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman cite [...]
The First Teacher: Mom
Thursday, July 7th, 2011“A parent is a child’s first teacher.” A recent study described in Science Daily article “Learning from Mom Boosts Low-income Kids’ School Readiness” supports this well-known adage. Eileen T. Rodriguez, the study’s lead author and survey researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., reports “Our findings indicate that enriched learning experiences as early as the first [...]
Is Your Teen Too Tired?
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011All good parents know that their children need adequate sleep to be healthy and to do well in school. A recent story on National Public Radio describes the findings from Helene Emsellem, a sleep researcher with George Washington University. According to Emsellem, most adolescents are very tired by Friday from a week of juggling school, [...]
Tips for Improving a Students Chances of Completing College
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011A study was conducted in Texas in focus groups of college students to determine what they feel helps and hinders students from completing college. A summary of those ideas was outlined in a recent post on the Education Week blog, “College Bound.” Participants were current enrollees in both two- and four-year institutions as well as [...]
Summer Programs Essential to Child’s Education
Friday, May 6th, 2011This is the time of year when parents are deciding or are finalizing their children’s summer activities. Many of them know the statistics: The typical student will lose about two months of educational progress in various subjects—especially in reading and math–over the summer if there is no reinforcement or advancement of skills. Consequently, they try [...]
Hyperactive Child? Avoid Artificial Food Colorings
Friday, April 8th, 2011MSNBC is reporting http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42338423/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ that the Food and Drug Administration is meeting with stakeholders such as public health advocates and academics this week to determine if the public health advocates are correct in their assertion that artificial food colorings cause some hyperactive children to be even more so. Because of this, they believe that those [...]
Reading Before Kindergarten, A Good Idea or Not?
Thursday, February 24th, 2011One of my friends has three very bright children. When her second child was about to enter kindergarten, she had already learned how to read. Whether she learned from her older brother or from her educator mother, she was reading small books before she entered kindergarten. Her mother fretted to me on several occasions that [...]
A Higher Education for Your Child with This Household Accent
Monday, February 21st, 2011It seems natural to assume that the children of educated parents are likely to become educated because of their parents’ influence. There are many possibilities for this—including valuing education highly, higher income available for more resources for their child (such as the ability to find an online tutor), frequent verbal interaction, etc. However, a factor [...]
Essential Need for Boys Helps to Predict Academic Success
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011The September 23 issue of Science Daily reported the findings of a first-of-its-kind study about developing the language skills in children. That study concludes that the development of language skills in young boys seems to be more important than in young girls. Language development in boys helps them to develop self-control, which leads to academic [...]
How Your Middle Schoolers Friends Affect Their Grades
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011Who were your friends when you were in middle school (or junior high school)? Were your friends good students, or were they underachievers? Were they the ones likely to run for office in a school club, or were they the mischievous ones? Rick Nauert, Ph. D., the senior news editor of Psyche Central, describes new [...]
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