Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math Without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail

If you didn’t see writer Christine Duval’s post on her own math anxiety and how it may be affecting her daughter’s own feelings towards math, then be sure to check it out – and for a great book on why pre-teen girls should love math – from the actress who used to play Winnie on [...]

Ending Math Anxiety in Girls

By Christine Duval
I don’t love math. I admit it. It never was a favorite subject of mine. I didn’t do horribly in it, but I realize looking back to my school days that I didn’t get a lot of encouragement to enjoy or excel at it either.
Recently while struggling to help my daughter with a [...]

How to Equip your Child at School To Face Germs and the Swine Flu

Let’s face it: schools are like breeding grounds for germs and viruses. There are a ton of kids, a ton of germs, and not enough protecting anyone against it. It’s always scary sending your child off to that kind of place unprepared, especially when viruses like the H1N1 flu are pervasive in that scene. So, [...]

Parenting Tips – Handling A Tween Friend Challenge

Ahh the drama. Tween friendships. Perhaps you have the same best friend since kindergarten. Perhaps you don’t and have memories of terror filled days at school with the mean girls ganging up and making your life miserable. Perhaps you were a mean girl yourself (and wish you hadn’t been). Perhaps you’re [...]

Parenting Tips: Easing the Transition to Middle School

As a parent, you’re always concerned about your child. Her passage into middle school marks a critical period for her as she moves towards more independence. It’s critical that she be allowed to do so and that you help her by letting go.
So as back to school becomes just school, how can you [...]

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