Welcome to the start of cold and flu season, the perfect time to remind children to wash their hands thoroughly.Except if you want them to do well at school.Folks this news comes straight from Germany. At least it wasn’t my tax dollars at work:After trying to complete an impossible task, …
Don’t skip the school book fair. Don’t even think about recycling the book flyer coming home in the back pack. Don’t even try to deny your child the boxed set of Captain Underpants. Books in the home make better readers. Subtext: Buying books for your kids will make them smarter. Says who? Scholastic, the “read every day. lead a better …
Awesome! You’re so smart! So automatic for most parents. The string of praise after your child’s feats from large to trivial. Especially for those of us raised at the zenith of self-esteem worship. The theory being that praise begets self-esteem that begets achievement and assorted other valued outcomes. A notion …