As teens head back to the classroom this fall, they’ll be assigned a lot of homework in the three “Rs”: reading, writing, and arithmetic. Important to students’ success will be the homework parents do in teaching two other “Rs”: role modeling and responsibility.
“A parent’s words and actions provide powerful role modeling,” explains Lonnie Carton, PhD, [...]

When your kids come home from school, are they literally weighted down with homework? Wearing a backpack so heavy, they are slumped over and leaning forward when they walk? That’s how 10-year-old Marquiese Jackson of Wichita, Kan., used to look every day.
“He’d come home from school very tired, with his shoulders slumped and kind of [...]

Third Annual Essay Contest Gives Kids Chance to Thank Outstanding Drivers
(ARA) – You buckle your child into her government-approved car seat in your sturdy, reliable vehicle with the high government crash test rating and side curtain airbags. You drive to school, alert and attentive, obeying all the laws of the road while carrying your precious [...]

(NC)-Regardless of whether their kids are just starting primary school or entering their latter years of high school, most parents are already starting to think about their children’s back-to-school needs.
Though it will soon be back-to-school for all of them, students have very different needs in terms of school supplies depending on their age.
“Back-to-school shopping is [...]

When parents send their children to school, rarely do they think of the many allergy triggers lurking in the classroom or the playground. The culprits include indoor allergens like dust from the chalkboard, mold in the locker room and dander from class pets, as well as outdoor allergens like pollen, which can travel from the [...]

Laurie Scott always enjoyed volunteering while living in Michigan, whether helping out at her local zoo or her son’s school. But it wasn’t until she moved to Nevada five years ago that her volunteer work took her onto the international stage.
New to the state, Laurie and her husband Martin found a volunteer opportunity right in [...]

Childhood today is more demanding than ever and parents are paying increased attention to how they can help balance their children’s lives. With the start of the new school year, Office Depot is offering parents a variety of tips and advice in a new online resource called “Balanced for Success: Tools for Surviving and Thriving [...]

Another school year is about to get underway, and a lot of work is going on behind the scenes. While teachers are getting their classrooms and lesson plans ready, the administrative staff is taking care of all the other details that need to be settled before students arrive. One of the most important details is [...]

Kids will be kids, and are likely to have skin contact with other children and get minor cuts while playing at home and at school. Bacteria can be spread easily from person to person, and children are at greater risk of contracting staph infection.
The words “staph infection” used to only be uttered in hospitals or [...]

Now that kids are going back to school, that doesn’t mean they should trade in all their time outdoors for hours in front of the computer, TV or video games. The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has launched a new program as an antidote for kids too wired to technology, sometimes called “nature deficit disorder.” NWF’s [...]