We’re at the Start of a Fresh School Year

Which means it’s time to think about helping your children be as successful in school as they can be.

That includes resisting the temptation either to push children so much that they fear never meeting up to your expectations or to neglect staying involved so they feel unimportant. In other words it means meeting your children where they each are—be it deep in anxiety and school resistance or excited for new challenges.

Meeting our children in the present can be the toughest challenge of parenting. Fears keep us setting expectations for the child we want rather than the child we have. When our expectations get the better of us, school success becomes less likely.

Behavior is Your Clue

In my book, Confident Parents, Remarkable Kids: 8 Principles for Raising Kids You’ll Love to Live With, one principle states, “Behavior is your clue”. Behavior is what we have to tell us how our children are doing—whether or not they feel in balance with themselves and with their world. When a child Read more…