Teen

Helping with homework

sciguy75 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:06:19 -0700

Going beyond "go do your homework.". How to find the balance between doing your child's homework and supporting your child's homework.

Sports & Kids: Instilling a healthy love for the game

tony — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:29:44 -0700

Check out this post by Greg Burton, lifelong sports enthusiast and founder of Zoosse. Great points on how to keep your kids enthusiastic about sports (without embarrassing or smothering them). If I've seen "overparenting" anywhere, I've seen it in the stands of junior sports competitions. In this post, Greg provides 10 Do's and 10 Don'ts to instill a healthy love of sports in our kids.

Savvy Parent's Guide to Video Games

tony — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:38:43 -0700

Finally! A website that provides some good commentary on the level of
violence, sex, gore, difficulty, and for hundreds of video games.

What Parents/Students Really Think About Their College

tony — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:55:21 -0700

Ignore all the slick advertising and the US News and World Report Rankings, check out the dark underbelly of what these colleges are really all about. Hear it straight from actual parents and students.

How to Talk to Your Teen about Their First Date

tony — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:54:09 -0700

As a dad, you're biased when it comes to your kids' first dates. When your boy goes out, he's undertaking a rite of passage, winning over his first girl and doing his old man proud -- just like you did. When your girl goes out, though, she's running off into the world with some grungy, shifty punk you can't trust, and what's she going to do when Dad's not there to protect her?

How to Wow Your Kids with Cool Magic Tricks

tony — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:52:06 -0700

One great way to bring out the youth in your kids (and the youth in yourself) is through magic. Pull a quarter from behind an unsuspecting ear, flip a chosen card out of a deck or make a six-foot scarf disappear, and your kids will think you're out of this world. Besides, any good father and prospective old man have to have a few magic tricks in his repertoire.

How to Partner with Your Child's Teacher

tony — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:29:02 -0700

Hillary Clinton once said that "it takes a village" to raise a child in today's world. I don't know about an entire village, but enlisting the help of your child's school teachers is certainly an ideal way for your child to become a productive human being with manners and respect for others. The best way to involve the teachers, though, is to become partners with them.

How to Get Your Teenager to Actually Open Up to You

tony — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:45:07 -0700

When someone tells you they have the roughest job in the world, they obviously haven't tried to raise any teenagers. Garbage men, Navy Seals, human testers for non-lethal weapons - none of these guys have anything on a dad trying to communicate with a 15-year-old.

How to Choose Between Private and Public School

tony — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:41:23 -0700

Education is the central most important aspect of your child's upbringing, and as such it is one of the most important concerns that you, as a Savvy Daddy, have. You want your child to become not only a productive adult but a successful one, and a proper education is central to meeting those goals.

How to Help Your Teenager Pick the Right College

tony — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:39:24 -0700

Going off to college is a big step in the life of a teenager. It's also a once-in-a-lifetime moment of pride - and fear - for a father. A dad watching his son go off to college remembers his own glory days: his first moments of independence, his first college girlfriend, his first party, his first influential teacher, his first intellectual wake-up call.