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...know some friends even better as we talked and folded together. Also, if you’re not into meeting people, or there’s no one around when you clean your clothes, the laundry room can be the perfect place to read, do homework or get some studying done...
...eventually figure out how to feed and burp the child, as well as rock him or her to sleep, the goals of fostering good behavioral habits along with quality intellectual development would probably be lost somewhere between the baby crying and me trying to make dinner while finishing my homework. Good parenting is not an innate trait, and is even less so under stressful situations...
...guidance. But not all bedroom makeovers require new furniture, in-home consultations and scientific storage systems. More important, say experts, is time spent with your child, helping him organize and decorate a space that not only nourishes his soul but also helps him keep track of his math homework. In the process you may be surprised to find that getting kids' bedrooms under control means giving kids more control--not less--over everything from the color of their walls to the placement of their furniture to the location of their treasures. Jan Faull, author of Unplugging Power Struggles, says...
PEER PRESSURE CAN BE GOOD Most parents reflexively say peer pressure is bad. But that's hardly the case, say the authors. Parents want their kids to be influenced by friends as long as the friends do their homework and are well behaved. Parents hate peer pressure only when it involves things like drugs...
...those who knew the boy recall a hardworking student, one who shot his hand up when the teacher scribbled a math problem on the chalkboard, shouting "chaiyo" (victory) when he inevitably got the right answer. He usually finished his homework in a matter of minutes. Still, the star pupil with the outsized cranium?his nickname among his buddies was Fat Head?was no geek. "He was popular with the other boys and not shy at all," says his second-grade teacher Srimoon Kantha. "I remember him flexing his muscles, saying 'I'm going to grow up and be a hero...