Sunday Reading
When it comes to discipline you need to stick to it. Don’t waiver. Make sure they know you mean it.
Do you know the teen dating terms? If not, learn them.
Schools may start putting more weight on a student’s class rank over SAT scores when considering admission to college.
We’ve seen the Miley Cyrus photos floating around the internet. Is you teen a “Nokia Lolita” too?
What’s new with teens? Find out at the YPulse Mashup. A lot of really great info here especially tips on how to interacting with teens and tweens.
Instead of keeping cell phones in their lockers, teachers may be asking students to start bring their phones to class for lessons.
What happened to long division? Kids today are learning new ways to solve their math problems and some parents are totally confused. Some parents have even decided to “cheat” and teach their kids the “old” way.
Kids become “sluggish” when they hit their teen years. Get their butts off the computer chair and in to the outdoors.
How do you talk to your teens about your financial woes?
Cigarette companies have lowered the menthol content in their products to learn in our teens.
What are we doing wrong in the U.S.? Why do we have so many more teen pregnancies than our European friends?
It’s been over a month since many of our kids have been in school. Here are some tips to reduce brain drain.
Living with tweens and teens can sometimes be difficult, but here are some tips to help you live (and love) your teen.
I don’t understand the UC reasoning for college admissions: “A lot of excellent kids are eliminated from consideration on trifling grounds.” ?!?
It is now “trifling” grounds to be unable to acheive a decent score on a standardized exam, but more “equitable” to class rankings?!?! So, a student who places high at a crap school is more eligible for college than one who places in the middle of an extremely tough school? Class ranking is totally arbitrary – it is all dependent on the standards of the school, which is, sad to say, not consistent from school to school, state to state, private vs. public, etc.
And, what about home schooled kids – they are are always at the top of their “class”!!
I guess I just don’t get it! Apparently logic isn’t a required subject anymore…
Hey, thanks for the link to my post on preventing summer brain drain! Much appreciated. Great to see folks stopping by. I love your blog and will add it to my blog roll on Parent Talk Today.
Cheers!