Posts by skreader

re: tips on time management for homework   What we do (which meets w/ some success) is to ask DS to make a plan (with times and dates) for what he will do and then show it to us.   His school also send out homework...

Hi French Expat,   See if these are available at your local public library   Basic standard American cook books:   1) Fannie Farmer Cook Book   2) Joy of Cooking     Basic...

My kids are 14 & 16. We gave them phones when they started secondary school (11, almost 12) and began to take public transit to school without us. The younger one almost never used the phone, so when my mobile died, I "inherited"...

When our kids were very young we opened some accounts for them, but since they were underage, they had to share the accounts with an adult. There we passbooks. Then we would put their cash gifts into the accounts at Chinese New year,...

My daughter is in year 11, which would be 10th grade in the USA.  She will do her IGCSE this spring.   Here is a copy of the syllabus: http://www.cie.org.uk/docs/dynamic/41059.pdf   Her school is doing a bit...

 My son was not writing as well as he could have been. He had so much in his brain, and he could tell it all very fluently, but his written work was not matching. Plus, his handwriting was not very legible.   So, I...

Keep it simple   You can base a meal around a certain theme, or staple.   Bread Meal  in summer    - Whole wheat bread & maybe baguette   -  Everyone can choose different things to eat...

My kids are 14 & 16 and have bedtimes. Like Linda, we all (kids and parents) find it useful. The kids have a regular pattern where they know what is happening, and so do we (the parents). It's also good to ensure that everyone has...

Hi Beanma,   I have 2 kids in their teens. We live in Hong Kong and the school system they attend is based on the British model, except the finish off w/ IB instead of A-levels.   They went to a primary school that...

I would have her go to the school that finishes at 4pm.   From the time I was 5, my typical school day ended at 2:30pm. That's only 90 minutes less than 4pm. I also sometimes voluntarily stayed after school in primary school,...