All Posts Tagged With: "parenting"
Ten Tips for a Successful School Year
Parents send their children back to school with new clothes, new shoes and new school supplies. Smart parents send their kids back with a new commitment to work hard and make the most out of the new school year.
Here are Such A Smart Mom’s Top 10 Tips for a Successful School Year:
1. Start strong.
There is [...]
25Aug2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
How to instill drive in your children
Do your children lack drive?
If they seem to be without that strong desire to succeed, veteran educator Janine Walker Caffrey said they have plenty of company.
Caffrey, author of “Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve,” said members of Generation Me - kids born between 1981 and 1996 - tend to have an [...]
3Aug2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
Look who has a license to drive!
My daughter got her driver’s license today.
It rained the day Emma took her first behind-the-wheel lesson, and I was a nervous wreck while I waited for her to get back home. Today is downright hot. I was still a nervous wreck, and so was Emma.
She pulled my SUV into the DMV carport and waited and [...]
24Jul2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
More summer fun ideas from teachers who are parents, too
Looking for ideas to keep your kids smart and satisfied this summer? Here are great suggestions from veteran educators who are also parents that are guaranteed to help you and your kids make the most out of your time together this summer.
Alex Kajitani, an Algebra teacher from Mission Middle School in Escondido, is this [...]
24Jun2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
Internet use takes a toll on family time
Worried your children will spend too much time in front of the computer and too little time with family this summer? You aren’t the only one.
A new survey by the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California found that nearly three in 10 Americans it questioned last year said they [...]
18Jun2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Great summer fun ideas from teachers who are parents, too
Summer always begins with such promise, time to spend with your kids doing all those great activities you don’t seem to have time for during the crush of the school year. But somehow time seems to get away from us and our kids spend way too much time with their favorite electronic diversions.
Here are two [...]
17Jun2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
Working mother’s guilt: How my kids and I spend our summer vacations
Working mom’s guilt has always had a tremendous hold over me and never more so than during the summer. If you work full-time outside the home, I know you know what I mean.
Like most people my age - I attended yet another “geezerpalooza” party last weekend to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday - I spent [...]
12Jun2009 | | 2 comments | Continued
Smart and safe swimming pool tips for summer
Swimming pool safety can make the difference between pool fun and tragedy.
For children between 1 to 14, drowning is the second-most common cause of accidental death. Safe Kids USA, a child safety advocacy group, reports that 280 children under 5 years old drown every year in swimming pools across the country.
The Pool Safety Council, a [...]
22May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
As the school year winds down, the pace picks up
Life has a way of spinning out of control the final month of school. This year is no exception.
Take just the first four days of this week, please!
Monday: Pick up my daughter’s swim team carpool at 4:30. Take my son to batting practice from 6 to 7. Sit in my car and get some work [...]
19May2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
Even some of the brightest college students lack responsibility
Psychology professor Carol Dweck teaches some of the country’s brightest young adults in her classroom at Stanford University. Great grades, stellar SAT scores and resumes that stand out in a crowd.
They seemingly have it all. But there’s one thing Dweck says many of her young students lack: The ability to take care of themselves once [...]
12May2009 | | 1 comment | Continued
