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Checking Up on Your Child’s IEP
Now that your child’s IEP is complete, what happens next? Your child now attends a public pre-school, kindergarten, or elementary school. The school knows you child has an IEP. Now, you need to be sure that your child is receiving his or her services since those services will no longer take place in your home (where you know they’re happening). You need to make sure the school is following ALL of the requirements of your child’s IEP. What can you do? How can you check up on your child’s services?
How to Teach Kids About Checking Accounts
Money education is an important and sometimes overlooked lesson that parents forget to share with their kids. It is important for kids to learn how to budget the money they have available to them and how to balance a checkbook. When kids see mom and dad pull out credit or debit cards, they may not realize that there is more to managing money and a checking account than just swiping a card. Any money management lesson also gives you a chance to spend time with your kids, and to gauge their basic math skills.
Checking in with Holly Robinson Peete
Holly, mom of four, chatted with us for our 10 Questions feature, and now the actress and Hanes spokesperson is involved in a new endeavor, a book in the works that will offer readers a look into the lives of several celebrity moms. Holly joins celebumoms Jennie Garth and Mia Hamm in sharing inspirational stories in “Book of Life: Making Your Best Days Happen.” We will let you know when that one is coming out.
Checking in with Catherine Zeta Jones
I havent seen celebumom Catherine Zeta-Jones out and about, or even on the gossip sites in a while. Turns out the actress is busy filming The Rebound, a new flick in which she plays a divorced woman who tries to keep up with her new, much younger man.
Helicopter Parents: Avoid Hovering Through Preparation
Helicopter parents are known for hovering over their teens every second of every day. They are overly attentive and fearful for their child’s every problem. This intense involvement with teens, though, can be avoided through just one thing: preparation. Many people become helicopter parents because they do not adequately plan, so they have to lead…