Education

Your child’s teacher may be sending home notes with dates and details. Tips for preparing, tips on eating a healthy breakfast and getting a good night’s rest. Tips for encouragement. Details about passing requirements and what time to arrive. But, this is what your child’s teacher may really want you to know: It’s just a test.

A Fort Worth psychologist discusses how to talk to kids about school lockdown and school safety.

Children can appear to progress through their elementary education, outwardly demonstrating the conceptual, arithmetic framework necessary to tackle the algebra series, and then onto higher geometry and trigonometry, when, in fact, their incredibly talented and adaptable minds have simply stored enough information to perform adequately on standardized tests and homework during the school year. This result allows everyone to breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the summer activities, and hopefully be excited to start the next school year. Suddenly your little one tells you they hate math, That, and the necessary full-contact evenings of homework cage fighting matches to get it done, certainly take their toll on your child's self-esteem.

Have you ever asked yourself: What am I telling my children about homework? What should I be saying to my children to help them understand the purpose of their homework? I have given it some thought. I hope my musings give you a little extra help with explaining why homework is important.

I have six children. I know, I know, crazy, right? And each of these characters that lives in my house is so very different from the others. I've got a couple of gifted artists, one with a nearly photographic...

"If this behavior continues to happen, we will have no choice but to ask you to leave the daycare center." Words I never wanted to hear about my four year old, but words that I knew were on the verge...

Do you remember the old Charlie Brown specials? You know the scenes when the Peanuts are in class, and their teacher is talking. We in the audience hear, "Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah,"  but all the Peanuts seem to understand...