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Ending Homework Wars

Posted: January 24th, 2011 by Michele Borba

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 [...]

Ending Homework Battles

Posted: January 15th, 2011 by Michele Borba

Parenting tips to help reduce those homework battles and help kids develop study skills You can’t make me!” “Why do I have to do homework?” “Can’t I pleeeeease just go to bed?” “Homework time” can be very stressful and tension-filled for both child and parent. According to a survey by Public Agenda almost half of all [...]

Getting Kids to Open Up About Their School Day

Posted: October 8th, 2010 by Michele Borba

14 Parenting tips to help you get beyond the “Nope,” ”Yep,” and “Fine” kid response Does trying to get your kids to open up about their day feel like an inquisition? Do you feel like you’re giving your kid the third degree to tell you anything about their life? If so, studies show that using [...]