As a parent and a professional, I was struck by a podcast of Think I listened to this week. Krys Boyd interviewed Dr. Madeline Levine, author of Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic Success. Dr. Levine is a psychologist with over 30 years of experience and co-founder of Challenge … [Read more...] about Swimming Upstream
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Dallas Private School Admissions, The Private School Tour
As I discussed in my last blog post, the best way to get a feel for a school is to take a tour. I highly recommend visiting as many schools as you can. Many parents will tour as many as five or six schools before they start applying. A school tour does not lock you into anything. Think of a tour … [Read more...] about Dallas Private School Admissions, The Private School Tour
Summer – Doing Something vs. Doing Nothing….or a little of both
School is almost out and parents are scrambling to fill their child’s summer vacation with classes and camps, hopefully finding just the right combination to avoid hearing that awful refrain, “I’m bored.” If you’re like me, my childhood summers were full of downtime, where things like biking to the … [Read more...] about Summer – Doing Something vs. Doing Nothing….or a little of both