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Kids, School and Learning, Family Life
Toddler Behaviour and Discipline, Kids, Behavior and Discipline, School and Learning
Mental Health and Kids, School and Learning, Children's Health, Kids
  • School and Learning
    Reading

    Expert advice on how to get kids to enjoy reading.

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    Your Child's School

    Advice for a teacher who feels oppressed by an overbearing administration.

  • School and Learning
    Science

    Read suggestions for preventing mosquito bites in kids.

  • School and Learning
    Your Child's School

    The benefits to team-teaching are many.

  • School and Learning
    Learning Styles

    Find out when it's the right time to consult a specialist about her possible dyslexia.

  • School and Learning
    Homeschooling

    It's appropriate for a "new" teenager to want to make her own decisions about her life, and to resent being the one who has often been placed in the caretaker role of her brothers.

  • School and Learning
    Your Child's School

    It's not unusual for kids in private/parochial schools to think they are missing out on a much richer and more stimulating life in public school.

  • School and Learning
    Parental Involvement

    A parent believes that her child was treated unfairly by his teacher after he was "involved" in an incident at school.

  • School and Learning
    Parental Involvement

    The mother of "insubordinate" children is advised to seek the mediation of a sympathetic guidance counselor to reframe the present situation.

  • School and Learning
    School Performance

    It's not fair to hold your child to a particular standard for letter grades and push/demand that she meet those.

  • School and Learning
    Kindergarten

    Let your son's first exposure to learning and socializing in a public school be free of parents' pressuring him to learn things.

  • School and Learning
    School Performance

    "Hating" school is normal behavior at any age, for any number of understandable reasons.

  • School and Learning
    Parental Involvement

    Our expert outlines steps a parent can take to get more involved with her child's school.

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    Your Child's School

    When a school schedule is overloaded, it is worthwhile to open up a dialogue with school administrators.

  • School and Learning
    Preschool

    When teasing becomes hurtful, one solution is to bring kids and adults into classrooms to discuss their "differences."

  • School and Learning
    Study Skills

    Tips for how to help a child build better study skills and retention of content.

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    Your Child's School

    Parochial, private, and public school education can all benefit kids.

  • School and Learning
    School Performance

    Our expert sorts through the possible explanations and ramifications of an eighth-grader's test findings.

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