Declare Your Future Career… At Age 14?
Have you heard about Texas Bill 5? It’s a somewhat controversial educational plan that will require kids as young as 14 to declare their future careers. Yep, 14.
Have you heard about Texas Bill 5? It’s a somewhat controversial educational plan that will require kids as young as 14 to declare their future careers. Yep, 14.
Got a high school junior? It’s time to start planning for college! Here is some advice for finding the balance between being smart and not freaking out.
With my teens sharing a class for the first time, the inevitable comparisons are making me wonder how I can coax the best out of each of them.
Back-to-school ideas for items that you might not even realize you need until you really need them! These are time-saving, must-have items for your family!
There are universal truths about parenting and particularly so when it comes to the end of the school year and summer vacation. You can relate, right?
Helping parents who are looking into special education preschool options for their speech-delayed child.
I think my second grader has inattentive ADD/ADHD. What should I do to get him the help he needs at school?
Today’s kids are being pushed to pick out their career paths way too young, I think, and I’d rather we teach them to keep an open mind and adventuresome spirit.
Should I put my son is a private preschool even though it will be quite expensive for our family?
Learning is a slow, steady, and oh, so personal process. It marks points in our kids’ maturity and lives without any interest in uniformity or really, convenience.
If Tiger Moms are known for their overparenting, then I am an underparenter. Am I doing it wrong?
A mom needs help teaching her child effective homework skills, especially when there are younger ones around whose homework is to distract their older sibling.
To say the high school goal is to graduate is much like saying one’s career goal is to be successful; both are temporal.
Schools are closed today due to “excessive cold,” and it’s all my fault. Sorry, I’m not sorry—because it hasn’t slowed down my autistic son one bit.
After two and a half years of homeschooling, my autistic teen is embarking on a new adventure. Here’s why, and how we’re hoping to make it work.
Many homeschooling families are not as concerned with offering their children a well-rounded education as they are with walking alongside them as they find their place in the world.
There is a misconception that homeschooling is only for the privileged few, but homeschooling is an educational option for single-income, as well as dual-income households.
Apparently I’m not the only parent alone in my sentiment of being mystified by grade school math. Here’s how to help your grade schooler without having to go back-to-school yourself.
Throughout this homeschooling journey, I have learned the only sure-fire way to fail is never to try at all. It is why a solid education requires a sustained effort, regardless of where that education occurs.
My son has just been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). I haven’t the faintest idea what I’m supposed to do next.