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Parents worry when kids spend hours playing video games - and so they should. I have nothing against video games or against children playing them (especially if they are pretty non-violent). But when children spend hours every day playing these games parents should be concerned. There are … [Read more...]
Help with learning at home is the single biggest factor influencing your child's achievement in school. In fact research shows that you are up to six times more important to your child's academic success than the teaching your child gets in school. Six times! Mothers and fathers who take an … [Read more...]
There is a student strike in part of Canada. Some University students are furious about increases in tuition fees (they pay the least of all Canadian students at present and want to keep it that way). They say that higher fees will prevent students getting the education they need. OK, so … [Read more...]
Let's face it. You know your child better than anyone else. You know all his or her quirks of behavior. Quirks such as not eating broccoli when it has gravy on it, or putting their favorite toy in one special place each night. You also know how your child normally behaves with you and … [Read more...]
Don't get me wrong. Tutors can help some children learn more and get better grades. But not all children benefit from tutoring, no matter how good the tutor or the tutoring program. And you end up paying a small fortune for something that does not work for your child. I know because I have … [Read more...]
"Where can I find a tutor for my child?" I hear it all the time. Parents who are worried about their child's education see tutoring as a way of helping their child learn more, and more must be good right? Wrong. I have nothing against good tutors but getting a tutor for your child is … [Read more...]
The main reason elementary school teachers give children homework is because you want your child to have homework. Here are some of your reasons. * It keeps your child busy in the evening * You think it increases your child's learning * It helps you understand what your child … [Read more...]
We've all been there. The kind of evening when you have to cook dinner, drive your youngest to soccer practice, finish a report for work, and your son tells you that he has a school project due tomorrow that he hasn't even started yet! And we all know what comes next. You get annoyed because … [Read more...]
Parents who are stressed and exhausted by helping with homework feel that way because they make their child's homework their problem rather than their child's. And it needn't be that way! Here are three things that you can stop doing right now so that the stress and exhaustion … [Read more...]
You try to help your child succeed in school by helping with homework. Every parent does this. Helping with homework can be a very useful way for you to understand what your child is doing in school and whether he is finding school work easy or difficult. Helping with homework is easy, right? … [Read more...]
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