Schools are beginning to see grit as key to students’ success — and just as important to teach as reading and math. http://www.npr.org/2014/03/17/290089998/does-teaching-kids-to-get-gritty-help-them-get-ahead
Read More »On The importance of grit
March 17, 2014 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers | Click on title to comment!
On Screen Time
March 13, 2014 | For parents of children,For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
A new study released Monday by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that all screens, including TV, computers, and video games, can negatively affect our brain’s ability to sleep in the evening, and that cutting back on television helped children sleep longer. The study recommends that screen time for older kids be limited […]
Read More »Teens and sleep
March 13, 2014 | For parents of teenagers,For teens | Click on title to comment!
On the benefits of a later school day start so teens can get more sleep: http://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/11299/162769/1/Impact%20of%20Later%20Start%20Time%20Final%20Report.pdf http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/to-keep-teenagers-alert-schools-let-them-sleep-in/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/13/working-with-the-teenagers-internal-clock/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 http://educationnext.org/behind-the-headline-to-keep-teenagers-alert-schools-let-them-sleep-in/ http://www.ideastream.org/news/npr/343125751
Read More »Autism and Gender Identity
March 13, 2014 | Uncategorized | Click on title to comment!
Children and teenagers with an autism spectrum disorder or those who have attention deficit and hyperactivity problems are much more likely to wish to be another gender. So says John Strang of the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC, USA. http://www.news-medical.net/news/20140313/Teenagers-with-autism-spectrum-disorder-are-more-likely-to-wish-to-be-another-gender.aspx
Read More »Helpful family routines
March 13, 2014 | For parents of children | Click on title to comment!
A study led by Dr. Elisa Muniz, a pediatrician at Bronx Lebanon Hospital in New York, found that Preschoolers who sing, tell stories and eat dinner with their families tend to be emotionally healthier and better adjusted socially than kids who don’t have such routines. http://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Abstract/2014/02000/Family_Routines_and_Social_Emotional_School.2.aspx http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-kids-family-routine-20140312,0,3862100.story
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