Parenting
A couple of good parenting ideas have come across my desk.
One is an article from Parent Map on how to get your children to do their homework. This mom made a "homework hour" for the entire family. (I assume she got out her bills, etc. to work on while they did schoolwork.)
Any thoughts/tips from you about how you handle homework? Do you feel like your child is getting too much/too little/not effective homework or is it just right?
The other story is from a mom's blog - Janel Burley Hofmann about an iPhone contract with her 13-year old son. It is an 18-point contract full of some good stuff. What I like is that she is blunt - about how he might use it and
One is an article from Parent Map on how to get your children to do their homework. This mom made a "homework hour" for the entire family. (I assume she got out her bills, etc. to work on while they did schoolwork.)
Any thoughts/tips from you about how you handle homework? Do you feel like your child is getting too much/too little/not effective homework or is it just right?
The other story is from a mom's blog - Janel Burley Hofmann about an iPhone contract with her 13-year old son. It is an 18-point contract full of some good stuff. What I like is that she is blunt - about how he might use it and