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Parent Mid-Year School Check-Up to Ensure Kid School Success

Posted: February 2nd, 2012 by Michele Borba


My TODAY show report: 7 items parents should check-up on now to improve kids’ learning success mid-year. That crucial second school semester is in full bloom. Mid-year is when parents alike have a good idea about how their kids are doing in school – which subjects are hard or easy and how they like their [...]



Helping Kids Be Goal-Setters

Posted: January 3rd, 2012 by Michele Borba


Parenting tips that teach kids to set their own resolutions and make them stick so they succeed!  Do you know that goal-setting is one of the most highly correlated traits of peak performers and successful individuals? But goal-setting isn’t just for grown-ups. Studies show that goal-setting can help kids gain the sense of discipline it [...]



ADHD & Bullying

Posted: December 20th, 2011 by Michele Borba


Why ADHD boosts vulnerability to bullying. Solutions for parents and educators of special needs children. I had pleasure of speaking with Peggy Dolan from the Edge Foundation who does wonderful work on coaching students with ADHD. Here is our interview and the two part series on bullying and ADHD Edge posted on their site with permission to duplicate. [...]



10 Cutting Edge Kindergartens Shaping the Next Generation

Posted: December 13th, 2011 by Michele Borba


  Technology and innovative learning methods are becoming more and more common at all levels of education in the United States, from elementary school to college. Many may not realize how big of a role cutting edge ideas and technology may be playing even at the kindergarten level, however, as kids as young as five years [...]



15 Serious Facts About High School Stress

Posted: November 28th, 2011 by Michele Borba


Every parent and educator must know these troubling facts about our teens. Each fact is a wake-up call, but together they should mean: “Time for Code Red” This blog was written by the Bachelor’s Degree Online and published with their permission. One of the greatest lies ever perpetuated about the teen years is that they’re [...]