When your kid is stuck and just doesn’t get it…to Move on or not to move on?

Sometimes we are so caught up in the heat of friction within our child-parent relationships that we forget to take a step back, think objectively about what developmental needs our children have, and use that information to inform our parenting decisions. What is the most important thing we can do to support our children right…

There are many who are quite passionate about the answer to this question, and both side can be argued and proven as best with research cited, and whole books written in support of one or the other. Reading many books, defending different answers to this question has led me to believe the question itself is…

The teaching brain has a lot in common with the learning brain. They both need space in working memory and to support that space they need background knowledge so they can take advantage of long-term memory and automaticity. Teaching is a cognitive skill. One of the main differences between a teacher's brain and a student's…

“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few people engage in it.” – Henry FordSource file: Thinking_is_Hard_How_to_Help_Your_Child_Think.docxAuthor: Marla SzwastCreated: 2018-04-16 22:24:00Modified: 2018-04-16 22:47:00 “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few people engage in it.” – Henry Ford The first cognitive…

How to tell if your kid is being lazy and how to help them overcome it. We cannot see inside our child’s mind. What seems simple and easy to us, as adults, could be taking a great deal of cognitive effort for them. This does not mean there is anything wrong with their brain. It just…

We all know social skills are important for our kids to learn. Often we think a child will automatically receive stellar social skills from simply being in schools. It seems logical, they are around others all day, so they must be learning how to interact well with others. It is a theory of osmosis. Unfortunately,…