3 ways to grow your relationship with your 5th grader before middle school
Take the time to build your bond now, while your child is on the cusp between being a child and being a teenager. Surprisingly, these strategies will also help your child in school.
Helping a kindergartner who's learning English build the self-confidence to speak in class
Here are four ways parents can help their kids build the confidence needed to participate in class 鈥� even though they鈥檙e still learning English.
5 things to say when your child says, "You're not the boss of me!"
Don't laugh (or lose your temper). Here's what experts say is really going on.
Why 鈥測et鈥� is one of the most important words to say to your child
According to world-renowned Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck, this one little word has the power to inspire your child to achieve incredible things.
5 things to say when your child says, "I hate homework!"
When your child vents that they hate homework, what are you supposed to say? Here's what the experts recommend.
6 things to do when your child says, 鈥淣obody likes me!鈥�
Experts weigh in on how to respond when your child feels disliked, excluded, or friendless.
5 things to do when your child wails "But I don't want to go to school!"
Experts offer their best advice for handling those inevitable mornings.
6 ways to help when your child is excluded
Parents may feel powerless when their child is excluded, but there's actually much you can do to help your child cope and overcome this painful experience.
Kids with character: Grit
鈥淕rit is having the courage to do your impossible or to do what you think is hard and to do it anyway,鈥� says Nasina, who has incredible grit. Her story will awe and inspire you.
Kids with character: Gratitude
Research shows that gratitude increases resilience, happiness, and optimism. This 6th grader finds reasons to feel grateful every day.
Why is it so hard to talk to kids about being overweight?
Forget 鈥渢he talk.鈥� This topic is far more frightening for parents and teens.
Kids with character: Honesty
What would you do if you found a wallet on the ground? When this child did, he went to great lengths to get it back to its owner. He shares his thoughts about the importance of honesty with GreatSchools.
Getting kids to count their blessings
Materialism isn鈥檛 just about wanting more stuff. It鈥檚 a much more insidious mindset. The antidote may be as simple as practicing gratitude.
Helping your child find her voice
When teasing by middle school boys took an inappropriate turn, the principal helped my daughter advocate for herself.
Mom's words of wisdom
The great nuggets of advice, sayings, and rules to live by that we can still hear our moms saying 鈥� sometimes over and over. (It turns out, we were listening!)
Teaching kids to say sorry (and mean it)
Genuine apologies facilitate forgiveness and reconciliation. But you can鈥檛 force them. Here鈥檚 how to teach kids to say "I'm sorry" 鈥� and mean it.
When Mom says yes and Dad says no
"We can't look like two heads as parents," says America's Supernanny Deborah Tillman. "It confuses the child." Here's how to fix this common parenting mistake.
Christine Carter on giving honest reassurance
Raising Happiness author Christine Carter explains how to respond to questions like, "Am I smart?" in a way that's both honest and constructive.
Carol Dweck on 3 things for true success
Telling children they're smart makes them believe "smart"聽is either something they have or don't have and so squelches motivation, says Stanford University psychologist and Mindset author Carol Dweck. Instead, explain to kids that if they're doing these three things, they are on the right track.
Doing a January check-in with your 9th grader
Your child is halfway through freshman year. If you don鈥檛 already, make a regular practice of sitting down with your teen and talking about how they feel about school, grades, classes, and teachers.
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