You may wish to read more on how to help children to succeed:
- Dr. John Rosemond offers advice on parenting and information on his books at Rosemond.com
- An interesting book entitled Expect More: Children Can Do Remarkable Things by Anne Grall Reichel, Ed.D. may be purchased through Authorhouse.com
- Here is a great article on how parents can affect our children’s learning culture: Dailyrecord.com (cached)
- View this exaggerated cartoon version of a parent-teacher conference. This points out the ridiculousness of parents making excuses for their children. More effective would be the expectation of students taking responsibility for their own learning: Youtube.com
- For terrific advice and practical organization and study strategies read the book entitled That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week by Ana Homayoun available at www.anahomayoun.com
- Dr. Leonard Sax raises some interesting points in his book, Boys Adrift, available at www.boysadrift.com
- Go to Youtube to, perhaps, get a different view on education: The Blueberry Story
- Peg Tyre does a great job of explaining the history of education and offers interesting ideas on the lack of motivation in students (particularly boys) in her book, The Trouble with Boys.
- Outliers
by Malcolm Gladwell offers more in-depth and thought-provoking reading on reasons for success.
- Peg Dawson and Richard Guare give a wonderful explanation of “executive skills” and how to improve them in their book, Smart but Scattered
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- Have you noticed that more people are behaving rudely? If you want to prevent your family from falling into this trap, read Sara Hacala’s book, Saving Civility.
