Parenting tips to minimize our nagging and maximizing their Learning …until they can finally do homework solo style! “You can’t make me!” “Why do I have to do homework?” “Can’t I pleeeeease just go to bed?” Homework time in many families can be very stressful and tension-filled for both child and parent. According to a [...]

NBC is featuring a week-long focus on education. This morning on the TODAY show parents had the opportunity to call, email or skype in parenting questions about their children’s education. I appeared as the TODAY parenting contributor along with a fabulous high school chemistry teacher from Los Angeles and an incredible principal from the Baltimore [...]

Missed buses… car pools… homework wars…lost library books…last-minute assignments…sleepy heads…forgotten lunches…missed breakfasts…late starts. Sound familiar? They’re the most common back to school parent nightmares (forget the kids!) Here are solutions: Though back to school should be exciting, parents often describe frantic mornings, hectic evenings, and plain bad memories: Homework wars…lost library books…last-minute assignments…missed buses…sleepy heads…forgotten [...]

Parenting advice to help disorganized, forgetful kids get organized and for kids with shorter attention spans who need to “reclutter” and learn routines “My daughter is sweet and loving but hopelessly disorganized. I’m always picking up forgotten homework assignments, putting school into her backpack and reminding her of his schedule. I worry that she’ll need [...]

Did you know that more top CEOs in United States graduated from a state college than an Ivy League University such as Harvard, Yale, or Princeton? Shocked? Research is showing there’s a far more important predictor of a grad’s future success than the prestige of the school or faculty or even tuition. What matters far [...]