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Organizing Your Study Space
Middle schoolers discuss the importance of a quiet, orderly study space. They read an article about organization. They discuss ways to create a study space in their own homes without spending money. They create a specific action-plan...
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When Grandparents Are The Only Parents
Students examine the way American families are changing. In groups, they discuss the impact of grandparents being the only parents to their grandchildren. They identify the mixed emotions felt by all members of the family and share...
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Parenting Styles
Students identify the traits of different parenting styles and discuss how they effect the students that are raised in that manner. They present their observations to the class.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Knowing When to Contact Your Child's Teacher
An article written by a teacher gives tips on when and how to contact your child's teachers to ensure success.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Make the Most of Parent Teacher Conferences
You're meeting your child's teacher for the first time. How can you make the best use of this conference? Here are some good ideas.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: What to Do When You Don't Like Your Child's Teacher
We've had our favorite teachers and we've had our well, not so favorite. What can you do when your child complains about her teacher? Here are some tips.
Other
Center for Young Women's Health: Dealing With Divorce and Separation
For teenagers, seeing parents separate is never an easy. It is difficult to understand why it happens or how to cope with the changes. This site provides a guide that is designed to help teens through this difficult period. Additional...
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Kids Health: Things to Expect When Your Mom Is Pregnant
"Maybe you've always wanted a baby brother or sister and your parents just told you you're going to have one. Perhaps you've always liked being an "only" and now your parents have announced that you'll have a brother or sister soon....
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Kids Health: Welcoming a New Baby Into Your Family
Having a new brother or sister can create many opportunities and challenges for you. You can show how responsible you can be by helping as much as you can. You will have to deal with all the attention that the baby receives from your...
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Kids Health: Dealing With Divorce
Dealing with divorce means ultimately accepting new changes that will affect almost all aspects of a child's life. Coping with these changes can be easier if the child understands how to deal with their emotions of frustration,...
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Kids Health: Living With Grandparents
Parents "of the grandest sort" are sometimes people we only get to see on holidays. Maybe you spend each afternoon after school with your grandparent. Kids have all kinds of different relationships with their grandparents. Sometimes kids...
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Kids Health: A Kid's Guide to Adoption
If you have any questions about why some people choose to adopt children, or how they go about adopting a child, this is the place to find out.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rock Concert
This clip asks students to place themselves in the parents shoes and respond to their teenager's request to attend a rock concert and to think about the concerns parents have when making their decisions.
Other
Children Now: Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: 10 Helpful Tips
Parents are encouraged to talk with learners about challenging subjects like sex, violence, and alcohol. Topics included are the 10 tips for talking with kids about tough issues.
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Kids Health: When You Are a Twin or Triplet
"Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a twin?" KidsHealth considers the types, troubles, and terrific things about twins and triplets.
American Psychological Association
What Makes Kids Care?
Sometimes a site just has to be read - and parents - read this one! If a key element to ending senseless violence is teaching children to care about their fellow humans, this article gives some guidance on how to teach just that.
Meadowbrook Press
Giggle Poetry: "Turn Off the Tv!" Poetry Theater
In "Turn Off the TV!," students will participate in a poem in three voices. Adapted from the poem by Bruce Lansky in My Dog Ate My Homework, students will dramatize watching television with their parents.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Helping With Homework
What is the balance between actually doing the homework or refusing to help? Here are some possible answers from math teachers.
PBS
Pbs: Creativity and Play
How can we as parents foster creativity and self-expression in our children? Peruse these ideas from PBS such as encouraging different types of creative play.
Other
Pregnancy and Prenatal Care
This site contains information on the signs of pregnancy, prenatal care objectives, and pregnancy associated discomforts.
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Kids Health: Living With Stepparents
This site is provided for by KidsHealth. Getting used to your parent's new spouse can be challenging. Remember that it takes time to get to know someone well. Here are some tips and ideas for getting along with your stepparent and...