The school year brings on an amazing level of stress for our kids. It especially escalates in the Spring time when many kids are dealing with standardized tests, their first semester grades, and overall school burnout. Your probably see a change in your kids when they are stressed, so, like most parents, you buckle up […]
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Guest blogger, Jillian Smart M.Ed. of Jackson Education Support. The beginning of each new year prompts many of us to reflect on trials and triumphs of previous years. Maybe you passed a test that’s been holding you back at work? Or, you overcame a challenging personal situation? During reflection, it’s also common to choose a
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Every year, millions of people create their obligatory New Year’s Resolution list. There are the typical goals that top the list every year: lose weight, go to the gym, and save money. Not surprisingly, 80% of people have failed by February to live up to their resolutions. The problem is our approach to creating these
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For teens, hanging with the extended family during holidays is not all it’s cracked up to be. Teens would usually prefer to lounge around, catch up with friends, and stare at a screen. However, they often have piles of homework, are forced to catch up on chores, don’t get to see their friends much, have
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I just read a blog about trick-or-treating teens and it made my blood boil. OK, maybe that’s a little dramatic, but it did bother me. The author basically said “I’m so annoyed that teens would take the candy I bought for kids.” She then went on to say that she was going to post rules
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Guest blogger, Lynette Apley of Simply Placed, www.ItsSimplyPlaced.com Organization, good study habits, time management and goal setting are life skills that can help students through middle school, high school, college and beyond. As a student, being organized means finding what you need, when you need it. When you are able to find what you need,
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Journaling gives you a few minutes of solitude that engages the right side of your brain. Logic gets pushed to the side. Rules and goals go by the wayside, and the heart is allowed to speak its truth. Busy, chaotic, exhausted. These are words that many parents and teens use to describe their lives these
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In late June, I visited the local office supply store. Can you believe they were already putting up their back-to-school displays? For parents, we dread rounding up the list of required school supplies. There’s this primitive drive and panic that kicks in to make sure we round up every last item! Your child might love
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Your student is highly motivated to get straight A’s. She studies without outside encouragement. She works on the weekends and during school breaks. She strives for perfection. Her dream is to go to an Ivy League school. With a dream student like this, you are probably thinking that you don’t need to worry about drugs
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1. SOLVING THEIR PROBLEMS. Kids are getting to college emotionally unprepared to deal with daily problems. From a young age, problem solve WITH your child rather than solve their problems. There is a huge difference. One sets them up with life skills, the other renders them powerless. Imagine that your 9 month old is learning
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