My 10-year-old hates school. My 13-year-old isn’t exactly fond of it either. (He’s constantly asking if he can do online school instead.) And I’m co-hosting a webinar entitled “Help! My Son Hates School!” later this month. No wonder Daniel Willingham’s book, Why Don’t Students Like
My son has been dreading this day since the start of Winter Break. Today is his day back to school after break, his first day back to a place he calls “prison” and likens to a “chain gang.” I know he’s not the only kid
What a year it’s been! In 2016, we covered everything from boys & school (a constant, recurring topic) to how to talk to boys about “locker room banter“ (a topic most of us never imagined would come up in the course of a Presidential election).
“Boy magic.” That’s what Troy Kemp saw the first time he set foot on the campus of McCallie School, an all-boys school in Chattanoogna, Tennessee. It was the first time Kemp, then a math teacher, saw an educational environment that encouraged, embraced and accepted boys
Nancy Peske didn’t plan on becoming an expert on sensory processing disorders. Like so many of us, she learned on the job — because her son had challenges that required her attention. Her now-teenage son was just two years old when he was diagnosed with sensory processing
Yes, single moms — including divorced, widowed and never-married moms– CAN raise healthy, well-adjusted boys. My boys and I are proof. Here are my top 5 tips for single moms raising boys: 1. Support/facilitate your boy’s relationship w his father. Even if he cheated on you.
So many parenting books, blogs & magazines make it sound as if, if you just do this or do that, all will be right with the world. Your children will listen and behave perfectly. They’ll pick up after themselves (consistently!), and your home will be
Do you realize that it is distinctly possible for a child to reach the age of 18 without ever having done something upon someone else depends? —Urie Bronfenbrenner speaking to teachers and parents in 1975 In my twenties, I was a teacher and dorm-master in a boy’s
Why is it that so many boys daydream or doze off during your class? Is it really that bad? The short answer is ‘no’. The longer answer is that things might need to be addressed in your classroom so that you can reach boys who
We’ve all been there. Yes, there was a time when you could barely stroll around your own home without accidentally trampling your little boy as he scampered all over the house. Whether or not your child was ‘active’ was most likely the last thing on
Even the most open-minded among us would agree that there are certain stereotypes about boys and girls in education. The masses generally seem to believe that girls are more creative and excel more at English and Art. Boys are typically seen to show their strengths
I’ve never been a boy, but boy do I know all about being the last kid picked! I was always non-athletic. (In fact, until very recently, I still described myself as “one of the most non-athletic people you’ll ever meet.”) I wasn’t interested in sports
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