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  • The Importance of Family Time for Young People
    The Importance of Family Time for Young People

    An elementary school principal was recently asked why her school had not implemented the no-homework policy that had been announced at the beginning of the school year. She replied that she had received too much resistance from parents. “They see it as a ...

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  • How To Stop Your Child From Hating School
    How To Stop Your Child From Hating School

    It’s so common it’s become a cliché in television, books and movies: young people hating school (or maybe specific subjects). In fact it’s become so common that we’ve gotten used to it, to the point where we tell our kids to just suffer through it, get it ...

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  • How to Nudge Your Child Towards a STEM Career
    How to Nudge Your Child Towards a STEM Career

    Educationally, a STEM path is highly desired by parents because, generally speaking, it offers good opportunities in future life. Students in STEM fields tend to have higher salaries and greater professional opportunities. STEM education also fosters ...

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  • Career Paths in the Arts You May Not Have Thought Of
    Career Paths in the Arts You May Not Have Thought Of

    When young people think about careers in the arts, they tend to emphasize content creation: artists, actors, musicians, writers and so on. Creators are, of course, the backbone of the arts world, and of course without artists we wouldn’t have all the ...

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  • 5 Ways A Tutor Can Help Students With Exceptionalities
    5 Ways A Tutor Can Help Students With Exceptionalities

    A skilled tutor can really make a difference in a young person’s life. Indeed that urge to help is the prime motivator in why most educators do what they do. There really is no feeling quite like watching a struggling student achieve a level of educational ...

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