Parenting Tips

Here is a website at Scholastic that my son’s Jr. Kindergarden teacher sent out to all the parents.  It gives some very useful tips on preparing your child for Kindergarten and helping him/her have a smooth transition (especially if you’re moving to a new town this summer like I might be!).
Click here to see the [...]

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“89% of all teens say they plan to work this summer,” according to Junior Achievement, an organization that helps teens get ready to enter the workforce.
“As unemployed adults scramble for jobs that typically go to young people, this will be the toughest summer in 25 years for teens to find work,” says Dr. Gad Levanon, [...]

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“If you have an artistic, creative child, don’t send him to a summer camp for jocks,” says Dale Atkins, author of “I’m OK, You’re My Parents.”
That seems pretty logical, but are there other things you might want to consider when sending your middle school children off to camp?

Do some in-depth research about any camp you [...]

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The following is an e-mail I sent out to my neighbors and local friends.  When I lived in Germany, a friend who had twins, and I had a swap we did each week.  She would watch my son for 3 hours and I would watch her twin girls for 3 hours on another day in [...]

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