Teachers can help reduce parent stress and foster greater parent involvement in education by following these 20 tips from moms and dads who want to be partners in learning.
Different personality traits can affect how a child reacts to starting school. These social strategies can help children who are shy, excitable, anxious and more, adjust to school.
Our high-tech economy demands more of entry-level employees than ever before. Adolescent parenting now means helping make the connection between student homework and really achieving your dreams.
When the relationship with a teacher gets rocky, it may be time to hold a special conference. The tips in this article offer suggestions on how to have productive parent-teacher communication.
It's a fact of life: certain students and teachers just don't get along. Student teacher relationships can become strained, but can anything be done? The answer is sometimes it can!
Good parent teacher communication is important, especially for children of special needs. One mother discusses how to avoid arguments with educational professionals and help her child.
Teachers welcome parent involvement in education. There are things, though, that they wish parents knew so that they could be better partners. This article contains 20 pieces of advice that teachers have for parents.
Parents, teachers, and students agree: There has to be discipline in school. Without respectful student-teacher relationships and reasonable rules, safety in school is compromised—and so is learning.
Learn how one Detroit urban magnet school combines successful high school academics with career job training.
Men are putting a higher priority on their family. For kids, this has meant better relationships. For dads, adolescent parenting has become more important than how much money they can bring home.
As hard as it is to ask for help, parenting isn't a private job. Develop a network to relieve parent stress. These friends, relatives, and neighbors can offer suggestions for both children's and parents' development.
A parent's discipline is part of teaching character to kids. Positive adolescent parenting gives kids the tools they need to resist peer pressure while practicing values that are important to them and the family.
Families with children of special needs can find hope and renewal in three special needs resources: faith, freedom and friendship. Learn how these can help.
Parents have a lot to deal with on a daily basis. And when one parent is traveling, their spouse could use some single parent support. A dad shares his method to calm a baby.
"Club drugs" are becoming more popular with teens of all ages. The peer pressure teens feel to try these club drugs can be intimidating at times. Parents need to know what to look for.