Archive for the ‘school’ Category
How Much Homework Should Kids Get?
Tuesdays with Jane: What's a Parent's Role in Homework …
blog.kidtelligent.com11/1/11
when someone mentions homework. It's the source of way too many battles across kitchen tables. If your children obediently sit down after school with smiles on their faces and complete their homework without complaint, you …
Are Your Kids Getting Too Much Homework? – The New 96.1 Joy FM …
961joyfm.com11/2/11
My poor daughter is simply exhausted from school, homework and cheerleading. Her life lately has been nothing but school, hours of homework and cheerleading.
How much homework is a good thing?
How much would be optimal?
My son’s presently getting around three hours an evening!
He’s a good student and he wants to please, but he now has no time to spend with his family or friends.
Is this crazy or what, and is there anything that I can do about it except complain to the school principal?
Suggestions would be appreciated!
How Did We Survive Our Parents’ Generation?
Generation Gap « Small Wonders & Other Thoughts
The generation gap…I think I finally understand! I think I am fairly in touch with younger people…I work at a university. I listen to modern alternative rock. I hang out with all kinds of people who don't SEEM old…at least NOT TO …
Boomers Vs. Generation Y: Bridging The Generation Gap At The Office
www.huffingtonpost.com11/19/11
Rigid, closed-minded, overbearing — just some of the words sometimes used to describe Post50s in the workplace. Entitled, lazy, self-absorbed — equally harsh words used to describe some young employees.
There were no infant seats in cars. Some cars had seat belts in the back but hardly anybody used them.
People smoked everywhere.
Kids ate plastic toys and sucked on lead toys.
Electrical outlets were unprotected.
Kids were allowed to ride on go-carts, bicycles and skates without helmets!
Our parents cooked in metal pots and even used ovens. There were no microwaves; toaster strudels; pizza deliveries and very few drive-thrus.
We were sent outside to play and often didn’t come back until it got dark.
We survived somehow and whereas I don’t recall it being difficult, I do remember having lots of fun!
