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What your child needs for school

 What does your child really need as they head to school?

 

~A number 2 pencil and a willingness to erase.

~A healthy respect for themselves and for others, especially their teachers.

~An awareness that the world does not revolve around them and that they alone are responsible for their actions.

~Parents who teach them by example a love of reading, learning and life.

~An assurance that school is a good, safe place and their teachers will like them.

~An understanding that school is their "job" and no one else can do it for them.

~A system for exchanging communication between school and home; a backpack and folder to keep important notices and items to be signed.

~A quiet place and consistent time to do homework with a daily chance to read aloud and to be read to.

~A plan for getting to school on time every morning and back home.

~Someone to welcome them home (what-ever time that may be) from school; to laugh at their jokes, answer their questions and really listen to what they say and don't say.

~The encouragement to try new things; the freedom to fail; and the chance to try again.

~The gifts of being well-fed, well rested, well cared for after school.

~The confidence to know how to deal with bullies. (Stand up straight, look them in the eye, don't start a fight, but don't back down, get the teacher involved)

~The confidence to ask questions and to never stop asking questions, especially "Why?"

~To feel that they are great at something, but also know that it is OK not to be good at everything.

~To spend more time with humans and less time with machines/game systems.

~To have nothing to do once in a while so they can learn to be creative with what they have.

~More than anything, they need someone to love them unconditionally, no matter how they perform at school.