Check out Scholastic.com's parent section, found here, for a ton of useful information about parenting. In addition to offering recommendations for children's books and parenting books, this site has sections on Child Development (with Age-by-Age guides to the various ways in which your child will develop, including academically, physically and socially), and School Help (with Grade-by-Grade guides, and many [...]
GCP is compiling a list of interesting sites for parents to browse and bookmark. We will add to the list whenever we find good ones, and encourage you to suggest your favorites as well. Here are a few, there are more to come: PBS Parents: Trust PBS, the people who bring you all of that wonderful educational children's programming, [...]
I'll bet you can easily name your favorite elementary school teacher, no matter how long it has been since your elementary school days. (Mine was Mrs. Portia Patterson, my third grade teacher at P.S. 116.) A good elementary school teacher can encourage you to love school and set you on the path to academic success. A recent study conducted [...]
Walter Dean Myers, award-winning author of "Hoops", "Monster", Fallen Angels," "Sunrise Over Fallujah", and many other young adult novels, has been named the nation's third Ambassador for Young People's Literature. As the new (and first African American) National Ambassador, Myers will tour the country for two years, speaking at schools and libraries about reading and literacy. Myers, 74, will [...]
Here's an important New Year's Resolution to add to your list: Get more engaged and involved with your son's education in 2012!!! According to research reviewed by the National Coalition for Parent Involvement, when parents are involved with their child’s education, the student earns higher grades and tests scores, has better social skills, and is more likely to enroll [...]
Blogger LaShaun Williams, writing for the Madame Noire site, raises the provocative issue of whether Black mothers, who can rely on their personal experiences to raise their daughters but do not have such natural instincts with their sons, are not doing as good a job raising their boys. She suggests Black mothers may be coddling their sons through life-- [...]
In an earlier post, GCP covered New Jersey Police Detective Sergeant Thomas Rich's presentation on sexting (Texting, Sexting: What You and Your Children Should Know, November 22, 2011). Today's focus is cyberbullying, featuring perspectives from Sgt. Rich and others*. Cyberbullying, says Sgt. Rich, is "the next generation of hate". He recommends that we teach our children that their words [...]
Here's a "Letter from a Parent to His Son's Teacher" which has made the rounds on the Internet. While it is often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, this attribution has been sufficiently disputed by historians to render it weak at best and probably false. Regardless of its authorship, the thoughtful advice in this passage is worth reprinting here. While it [...]
It's parent teacher conference season! What's the best way to ensure that you get the most out of your limited time with your son's teachers during the conference? Check out these links for some helpful tips and ideas: "Acing Parent Teacher Conferences", published last year in the Wall Street Journal; A To-Do List for Parent Teacher Conferences from Education.com; [...]
GCP recently attended a seminar on "Texting, Sexting, Facebook and Cyberbullying" conducted by New Jersey Police Detective Sergeant Thomas Rich. Sgt. Rich has worked on the issues of Internet safety for over ten years, and through his company, "Always Connected", advises law enforcement, educators, parents and children of all ages how to utilize technology in a positive way. Here [...]