It’s inevitable. One day you’ll look up and your baby will no longer be a baby, but a big boy or girl ready to start elementary school and face the world. While you’re preparing their lunch or helping them stuff their backpack, make sure you’ve prepared them in other ways too.
Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting Kindergarten
I know summer is just beginning, but it’s the perfect time to start preparing your child for next school year. Many students will be transitioning to kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school, as well as college, so I thought it was a good time to repeat my Five Things series. First up, five things your […]
Chandra Sparks Splond Shares Five Things To Say to Your Child
The new school year started last week, and I find myself a little nostalgic. Maybe it’s the fact that my daughter is now in high school, but I find myself wondering if I’m sowing into her life in the way she needs so that she knows her value and worth.
Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting College
Just because your child has finished high school doesn’t mean the learning has stopped. Now it’s time to kick their preparation of how to handle “real life” into overdrive. Let me state that I understand not every child will go to college. These are life skills that apply whether you go to school or […]
Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting High School (BOS)
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Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting Middle School
It seems like lately I’m trying to hold back time. Maybe it’s the realization that my baby is no longer a baby. Yes, I know she will always be my baby, but she’s starting high school this year, and I’m starting to realize I need to stop babying her so much. There are a few […]
Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting Elementary School
It’s inevitable. One day you’ll look up and your baby will no longer be a baby, but a big boy or girl ready to start elementary school and face the world. While you’re preparing their lunch or helping them stuff their backpack, make sure you’ve prepared them in other ways too.
Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting Kindergarten
I know summer is just starting, but it’s the perfect time to start preparing your child for next school year. Many students will be transitioning to kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school, as well as college, so I thought it was a good time to repeat my Five Things series. First up, five things your […]
Five Things to Do Today to Help Your Kids
As an author of several books for teens and tweens, I spend a lot of time hanging with and observing kids. There are so many doing right, but they rarely make the news. More often than not, we are hearing about the bad our kids do, especially of late. In the last year or so […]
Five Things Your Child Should Know Before Starting High School
For our latest installment of Five Things Your Child Should Know, we’re looking at five things your child should know before starting high school.