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Let Children Resolve Boredom Alone
Children are trained by school to have decisions about what to do next mapped out for them. The freedom to choose what to do is not a skill schools tend to include in their curriculums.
Home Alone During Summer Break: Trust Imperative for a Child to Grow Up
Parents today are being steadily pulled and pushed toward parenting with fear. Fear for our child's safety and wellbeing is a strong pull.
Hassle-Free Homework: Eighth-Grader Probably Already Labeled Troublemaker
As seen by the school system, this student is trouble, not doing homework, not completing school tasks, and being disobedient (talking) in school. Teachers and school officials have probably described this student as defiant.
Hassle-Free Homework: Work Faster, Do More Causes Kids to Not Learn Basics
Timing schoolwork has become so important to elementary school teachers, especially in first, second and third grades that learning has taken a back seat to how fast a child can do something.
Hassle-Free Homework: School Expectations Change In Seventh Grade
School expectations completely change in the seventh grade, from allowing students time to develop basic skills to assuming that those skills are already in place - and in use.
