K-12 Articles

Teaching Children Respect

Statistics prove that there are many different family types in today's society. Grandparents or a grandmother is raising more than 1.4 million school aged children. One million children are adopted, often into a family that comes from a different culture...
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Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities to Make Friends

Children with learning disabilities often have trouble making and retaining friendships. Some kids know the social graces of initiating friendships, but have no idea how to sustain the relationship. Kids with learning disabilities often allow friendships...
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Teaching Kids to Deal with Peer Pressure

Parents usually become very concerned when they hear the term "peer pressure." However, peer pressure can be both negative and positive and children need to learn how to deal with negative peer pressure to avoid trouble and embrace positive peer pressure...
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Teaching Your Child Study Skills

Many children who have the capability to get good grades experience frustration because of low academic scores. The reason for this is that they don't have the necessary study skills. In order to be successful in school, children must possess excellent...
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Teaching Your Kids about Respect, Values and Violence

These days it seems that every newscast reports at least once incident of violence. As parents, we send our kids off to school trusting they will be safe. More and more often we hear of violent incidents in schools. We need to talk to our children about...
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The Adolescent Monster

"What happened to my sweet little baby?" Every parent has or will ask that sometime during the middle school years. It's the same question our parents asked of us, their parents asked of them, and so on. Adolescence a curse everyone has to live through,...
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The Cervical Cancer Vaccine

All across North America girls between the ages of 11 and 12 have the opportunity to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV,) and it may soon be available for girls as young as nine. The vaccine is the first ever to be given in hopes of preventing...
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The Difference Between Boys and Girls

Boys and girls are different. Give a toddler girl a G.I. Joe and she'll probably try to mother it. Give a toddler boy a Barbie, and he'll pull off its head or pretend it's a gun. Boys and girls are psychologically different, physically different and...
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The First Day of School

The first day of kindergarten is a rite of passage for any student. Every mother cries and takes pictures. Everything is new-new backpack, new pencils, new experiences, new clothes, new school, and new friends. This is the day that may shape their...
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The Impact on Adopted Children at School

Children who are adopted can be affected both academically and socially at school. Many times adopted children fantasize and grieve over their birth family. This affects their ability to concentrate in the classroom and has a huge impact on grades. Adopted...
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The Importance of Ninth Grade

Students who are entering ninth grade do not realize the importance of the critical decisions they will be making during the next four to five years. The junior year of high school, ninth grade, is something students look forward to in some ways and dread...
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The Importance of Reading for Children Preschool to Grade Three

The first teachers of children are their parents. From the time they are infants, children need to be taught of love of words and reading. In order to help your little one develop into an avid reader, use the following tips. - Talk to preschool children...
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The Most Used Form of Communication

Writing has, quite surprisingly, become more and more important in today's electronic society. Everywhere you look on-line there are words. Many used to think that the written word was becoming obsolete, but with the rise of the Internet, text messaging,...
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The Pros and Cons of Seat Belts in School Buses

Recently the news has been full of school bus accidents where children have been seriously injured or killed. Those who are for seat belts in school buses are adamant that the devices will prevent serious injury or death if a school bus is T-boned or...
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The Very Best Things in the World

A recent poll in the U.K. revealed that children view the "very best thing in the world" as being a celebrity. The poll of 2500 children showed that good looks and being rich came in at two and three ("God" came in at 10 after families, friends, pop...
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Those Pesky Little Transitions

Transitions are rarely easy, yet we have to encounter them every day of our lives. For school-aged children, transitions are extremely traumatic, though they may not admit that. The first day of kindergarten may be more traumatic for parents than for...
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Tips for Easing your Child's Back to School Stress

Do you remember the roller coaster of emotions that you experienced as a child when the day for going back to school approached? You were probably disappointed that the summer had come to an end. At the same time, you may have been excited that you would...
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Tips for Purchasing Back to School Supplies

In just a few days, kids from all over the US will be going back to school. Now is the time to take them shopping for school supplies. Though you may not have your school list yet, there are some basic school supplies that will be needed. Elementary Elementary...
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Transform your Middle School Slacker into a Scholar

All children need motivation to learn. Have your child's grades decreased since he started middle school? Has his attitude about learning changed? Has the child that used to be studious turned into a slacker who doesn't seem to care? This often happens...
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What to Do When your Child Hates School

All kids grumble about going to school at one time or another. This is perfectly normal, but what if your child truly hates school? Statistics show that five to ten percent of school children hate attending. They fake illness, become severely depressed,...
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What to do When Your Student is Held Back

Kids develop at different speeds, and everyone has different skills and abilities. School is easy for some and extremely difficult for others. So what should we do when school becomes too difficult for our kids? Some students need to repeat grades...
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When Bad Report Cards Happen to Good Kids

It's mid-term season once again, and semester (or quarter or trimester) grades will be coming out in the next few months. Some students are happy to come home during this time, eager to show their parents the small slip of paper. Other students drag...
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Where in the world IS Carmen Sandiego?

One of the latest sensations on YouTube highlights the state of our education system. The spot was recorded during August 24th's Miss Teen USA Pageant. Miss Teen South Carolina, Caitlin Upton, was asked: "One out of five Americans cannot locate the...
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Who is Safe?

Between September 26 and October 2, 2006, there were three deadly school shootings and countless gun scares around the country. To date, seven people (all but one of them students) have died. Six more linger on Death's door. In my own hometown...
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Your Child and School Corporal Punishment

Your child comes home at the end of the school day with a huge bruise on his upper arm. When you ask him to explain how he got it, he tells you that his teacher squeezed his arm and shook him hard. He begins to cry. Though your child is usually truthful...
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