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How to Make Troubled Teens Relax: Change Your Parenting

Troubled teen girl

What are troubled teens? Could your teen be troubled? Can you do anything about it as a parent? What can you do? Get your answers right here.

In the past few weeks, I overheard talk about a teenager (let’s call him Jonathan). Besides being very talented, he used to be friendly and “normal”. But recently started to miss classes, show up late, fail various subjects and behave indifferently. One speculation was that he might have started using drugs.

I thought this was serious enough to report to his school through a friend of ours, who is his teacher. “Speculation or not, the school should look into it”, I said.

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Published: June 10, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: October 21, 2020In: Parenting, Teens / Teenagers Tags: communication, behavior / discipline, money, practical parenting / parents, depression, anxiety, how to, books, relationships / marriage, lifestyle, family matters, body image, academic performance, drugs, teens / teenagers

Telling Parents the Truth (2)

Little girl

Although I understand the problems with telling parents the truth about their kids, I believe that not telling causes more problems. When I talk to people who disagree with me, their main argument is “Parents do not want to know”, but I know that whenever I presented “bad” news in a “good” way, parents considered me a savior.

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Published: June 8, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: academic performance, communication, kids / children, special education, school, behavior / discipline, responsibility, education / learning, success, practical parenting / parents, truth, trust, beliefs, learning disabilities, k-12 education

Telling Parents the Truth (1)

Telling parents their child has a problem is not an easy task. Do you tell parents their child has a difficulty and risk that the label is going to be hard to remove, or follow the parents’ desire to believe their child will “grow out of it” and find out in Grade 6 that the kid is unable to read a single word?

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Published: May 25, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: trust, beliefs, learning disabilities, k-12 education, academic performance, communication, kids / children, special education, school, behavior / discipline, responsibility, education / learning, success, practical parenting / parents, truth

Motivating Kids (9)

For some kids, working together is a great motivator. Many times, when kids need to do something they do not know how to do, it is a big relief for them if someone else is experiencing the same challenges. Suddenly, they are not alone.

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Published: April 30, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Parenting, Kids / Children Tags: motivation, education / learning, relationships / marriage, practical parenting / parents, family matters, k-12 education, social, academic performance, attitude, focus, kids / children, emotional intelligence, friends / friendship, how to, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

The Book Whisperer

Girl reading a book

Eden got this nickname when she was 7 years old and her teacher complained she was reading out loud while all the other kids switched to silent reading. The teacher was concerned that reading out loud would interfere with her reading development.

To handle the need to verbalize what she was reading (a kinesthetic need), Eden started to whisper. It started with fast and unclear quiet whispers, like shorthand. she read for hours every day, so from age 7 to 20, you could hear indistinct whispers in our house at the table, in the toilet, behind the sofa, on the floor or on her bed.

All my 3 little book worms go to the public library every week and borrow 20 books for each membership card (and we have 5 cards).

For the love of reading

Kids who love reading are every parent’s dream. Developing imagination, getting exposed to richness of information and inspiring emotions through the written word are only some of the advantages of reading.

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Published: April 24, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: November 29, 2022In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: academic performance, kinesthetic, kids / children, vision, friends / friendship, success, practical parenting / parents, how to, books, motivation, reading, k-12 education, social

One School Fits All – NOT!

As you will be well aware, most of the systems in our life are made to suit some standard, albeit nonexistent, person. We all have to follow the same laws, we are measured and compensated in the same ways as our work colleagues and our kids go to schools that treat them the same too. How annoying!

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Published: April 22, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: happiness, motivation, communication styles, relationships / marriage, communication, lifestyle, school, career, responsibility, academic performance, success, kids / children, emotional intelligence, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, how to, education / learning, choice, practical parenting / parents

15 More Life Lessons

Last year, I wrote about my life lessons in a post called “34 Life Lessons I Have Learned”. I think I have learned so many more lessons that I would like to share with you.

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Published: April 21, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: education / learning, trust, practical parenting / parents, beliefs, happiness, relationships / marriage, lifestyle, family matters, k-12 education, academic performance, communication, kids / children, love, baby / babies, emotional intelligence

How to You Can Teach Your Kids Effective Reading

Kid reading a book under a blanket with a flashlight

Effective reading is an important tool for gaining knowledge. When I was a kid, my teachers provided us most of the knowledge we got. Today, my kids get most of their new knowledge by themselves, much of it by reading. In fact, I believe that getting our kids to love reading is the single most significant thing we can do for them.

Your kids will have to read a lot during their school years and even more during their life. So developing their effective reading skills is essential to their knowledge, development and their success.

Broadly speaking, there are two reasons for anyone to read:

1. For information and knowledge

2. For pleasure

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Published: April 7, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: October 16, 2020In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: k-12 education, academic performance, literacy, kids / children, education / learning, school, practical parenting / parents, skills, success, how to, books, reading

The Value of Homework

Two weeks ago, I talked about the importance of parents’ involvement in their kids’ homework. Last week, I asked you about the best time to give kids homework. Today, I will cover the value of homework and how parents feel and project that feeling towards their kids’ homework.

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Published: March 31, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: creative / creativity, education / learning, school, practical parenting / parents, responsibility, success, k-12 education, time management, academic performance, attitude, kids / children, behavior / discipline

Homework Routine

Mother and daughter reading

Last week, I talked about the importance of parents’ involvement in their kids’ homework. Today, let’s discuss the homework day. Should kids get homework at all? Should they have homework every day? Whenever homework is needed? On Mondays? On Fridays? What do you think?

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Published: March 24, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 2, 2022In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: success, choice, lifestyle, poll, k-12 education, time management, academic performance, kids / children, education / learning, school, practical parenting / parents, responsibility

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