Welcome to the Parents Corner

Dear Parents, 

This page is for resources that may be helpful to you as the parent of a 7th grader.   I will occasionally post articles of interest.  Your comments are welcome!

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Articles and Resources:

• "The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out."
  
  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

• The 40 Developmental Assets for Adolescents, from the Search Institute: growing up strong

• Online and Cell Phone Safety Tips from ConnectSafely.org

• Dealing With Bullies:  short, concise article from the Markkula Center at Santa Clara University

• Stop Bullying Now:  research-based articles and strategies

• Eating Disorders:  information from the National Institutes of Health

• ADD: What Parents Should Know:  from the American Academy of Family Physicians

• "Hunter in a Farmer's World":  another view of ADD by Thom Hartmann

• "Doing School":  conversation with author Denise Pope about student stress

• 'People don't go to school to learn. They go to get good grades, which brings them to college, which brings them the high paying job, which brings them to happiness, so they think.'

• "Why Kids Lie": surprising findings about how we unintentionally teach kids to lie

• Creative play builds executive brain function