Empathy is an important life skill, which means to feel for others and understand what they feel by putting yourself in someone’s place. This improves the ability to understand and respect others. Since kids aren’t naturally born to empathize, they… Continue Reading
In Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire talks about what he calls the banking system of education. In the banking system the student is seen as an object in which the teacher must place information. The student has no responsibility… Continue Reading
Holidays breaks can be filled with opportunities for our young people to develop themselves in preparation for adult life. For many of us, we would like to see our young people develop skills that can not be built as just… Continue Reading
Creating a successful student is easier said than done. Many parents know the right things to do in order to create a successful student, but few put the advice into action, choosing instead to take the path of least resistance.… Continue Reading
As a teenager there are many pressures to contend with. The social and academic pressures of school life, maybe the stress of leaving one school for another, fitting in, being accepted and acceptable, studying, keeping family happy with your progress,… Continue Reading
Teaching autistic children reading skills can be a daunting task. Some children will never read, but many higher functioning children can learn to some extent and can end up being excellent readers. Teaching autistic children to read has a very… Continue Reading
Parenting troubled teenagers is one of the toughest tasks to parents and parents want to consider any sort of help which help them to deal with their troubled teenagers. As teen anger problem is the most considerable teen issues for… Continue Reading
My grandchildren love for me to read aloud, especially at bedtime. Studies have shown that if you start reading a loud to your child that they will become interested in books. The more you expose them, the more reading will… Continue Reading
Do you sometimes feel that the day is as confusing as it is long? Well, if you’re doing what most parents are doing, then most likely, you’re at least a little bit confused. You see, most parents really want to… Continue Reading