According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of teenagers who drop out of high school is around 8 percent. That means that for every 1,000 out-of-work individuals, 80 are facing an already difficult-to-crack job market without even the most basic education. Parents and teachers can unite to convince these kids, one by one, that staying in school is the … [Read more...] about How to Convince Teens to Stay in School
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Trying to Convince My Kids That Books are Better Than Nooks!
It is time to celebrate - my little guy has hit a huge milestone. He is reading! When he first got started, he struggled a little bit with putting together the letters and sounds. If he had been one of the first few of my children, I probably would have worried terribly about why he was struggling to learn something that was such an essential building block … [Read more...] about Trying to Convince My Kids That Books are Better Than Nooks!
My Daughter is Convinced She’s Multilingual
“A little girl and her family are coming to stay with the neighbors,” my mother-in-law announced to Ava. “She’s from another country and doesn’t speak English.” Ava has had one other experience with a non-English speaker. She was three at the time. His name was Alexander and he lived in the South of France. At first Ava spoke to him as if he were deaf and when that failed, she … [Read more...] about My Daughter is Convinced She’s Multilingual
Parent Burnout: Top 3 Ways to Thrive with Community Support
Authors: Dr. Eve Loren Goldstein and Danielle Matthew, LMFT It was Friday morning, the end of one of those typical exhausting weeks of work and weeknight commitments. The last thing I wanted to do was to squeeze in one more obligation, but I saw on my calendar "coffee with the principal" at my child’s school. I thought about skipping it, but, in the end, I convinced … [Read more...] about Parent Burnout: Top 3 Ways to Thrive with Community Support
How to Achieve Balance
If pressed to name only one thing for which modern moms are not given enough credit, I’d say it’s their circus skills. At a minimum, mothers regularly find themselves juggling the emotional and physical well-being of one or more children; ringleading a household and all activities occurring within and without; playing the clown for an audience with a tiny attention span, the … [Read more...] about How to Achieve Balance