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Children and Too Much Homework?
New York Parents Club Founder, Pam Wolf
Greetings New York Parents Club!
Out of curiosity, I decided to weigh my 13-year old’s backpack.
17.5 pounds!
A recent Consumer Reports study found the average middle-school backpack weighs in at 18.4 pounds, with some weighing up to 30 pounds.
So, I guess this qualifies my daughter’s backpack as underweight… wow.
Why the heavy [...]
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Tagged children and homework, high-stakes testing, too much homework
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Managing our Children’s Friendships
New York Parents Club Founder, Pam Wolf
Greetings New York Parents Club!
My youngest son has a best friend he adores. The two spend as much time together as all adult parties involved will allow, taking turns hosting one another in their homes. My son’s friend is well behaved, respectful and a pleasure to be around.
Wouldn’t it [...]
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Tagged Children and friendships, Picking your child's friends
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Children and Privacy—Is Anything Off-Limits?
New York Parents Club Founder, Pam Wolf
Greetings New York Parents Club!
A friend told me a blog-provoking story yesterday–she’d found a notebook in her ten-year-old daughter’s bedroom with a page titled, “Boys I’ve kissed.” The list contained the names of five neighborhood boys, all a year or two older than her daughter.
Now, the first question running [...]
Consequences- What Works?
New York Parents Club Founder, Pam Wolf
Greetings New York Parents Club!
I’d wager to say we’ve all been there–facing one of our beloved children who has crossed a behavioral line.
We know the behavior must be addressed. And we know there must be a consequence.
Now, in my book, consequences are different than punishments. Where punishments are really [...]
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Tagged children and consequences, children and discipline
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Raising Children in a Recession -What Do We Cut from our Parenting Budgets?
New York Parents Club Founder, Pam Wolf
Greetings New York Parents Club!
It seems every conversation these days includes some reference to the state of our economy.
Parents are just as likely to share cost-savings tips, as they are to schedule play dates.
Cutting our adult-related costs may seem painful, but we know what to do: skip the lattes, [...]
