Welcome to In Support of Families. This is Emmalou Penrod and today I’m talking about school choice. Why is it important? To answer that question, I want to give you a brief history lesson. Before we became an independent nation,
How to Get Your Child to Love Reading
Is reading important in your family? It has been demonstrated to be essential to your child’s success in school. How can you help them learn to love it?
Homework
I help parents improve their children’s behavior in under 5 minutes a day with one simple tool. Learn more here. How do you view homework? Do you feel it’s important to your child’s academic success? Do you feel it’s an
I wrote a book!
It has been said that the best teacher will show you where to look, but not tell you what to see. It is my goal with this book to share what I have learned through experience in my years as
School Anxiety
I help parents improve their children’s behavior in under 5 minutes a day with one simple tool. Learn more here. Welcome to In Support of Families! This is Emmalou Penrod and today we’re talking about school anxiety. Anxiety is a
Best Interests of the Child
I help parents improve their children’s behavior in under 5 minutes a day with one simple tool. Learn more here. Welcome to In Support of Families! This is Emmalou Penrod. We often hear the expression “best interest of the child”
Parents as Advocates
Welcome to In Support of Families! This is Emmalou Penrod and today we are talking about parents as advocates. An advocate fights for the rights of someone else, typically someone who is not able to speak for themselves, such as
Family Meetings
Learn more about family meetings in my Power Parent class. Does your family hold family meetings? Family meetings provide a time and format for planning and working together much like a business meeting an employer might hold with his team
Who’s cleaning the house?
Learn more about family structure in my Power Parent class.
Raising Three Sets of Twins
What would it be like to raise three sets of twins? Deborah Finck shares her experience.