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		<title>Homework Tips, Myths and Helicopter Parents</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/10/homework-tips-myths-and-helicopter-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across a new term last week — helicopter parents. It describes baby boomers that started families as thirty-somethings.  They evolved a more involved parenting style, which has persisted into elementary school, high school, and even college. Bostonia, the alumni magazine of Boston University, describes this new breed of parent this way: 
“…helicopter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dreaming with Open Eyes</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/10/dreaming-with-open-eyes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 20, 2007 I was invited by the Florida Special Arts Center www.flsac.org. to address an audience of several hundred persons invited to view a new documentary called Bridging to Gap: A True Lesson in Humanity. 
Let me tell you the story of this documentary.  
The parents of three special needs young adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents: Sometimes You Don&#8217;t Know How Far Your Child Can Go</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/parents-sometimes-you-dont-know-how-far-your-child-can-go/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/parents-sometimes-you-dont-know-how-far-your-child-can-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drrohn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a great story about a child with Down’s Syndrome who by the age of three was walking, running down ramps, climbing up slides, saying about 1,000 words, a bunch of short sentences, and following three-step requests.
His mother was pleased with his progress, but not the director of his program, who said &#8220;Sure, he&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be the Change You Want to See in your Child</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-in-your-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 18:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD, ADD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it really time for parents to get their kids back to school again?  Let’s address the challenge head-on of how to optimize learning achievements and academic success.
My experience shows that the most important thing parents can do to maximize their children’s love of learning is to expose them to wide variety of learning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Partnership&#8230;The Work of Champions!</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/partnershipthe-work-of-champions/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/partnershipthe-work-of-champions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sparkmygenius.com/?p=179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In work with children a team means everything. Your child’s self esteem and ways of relating are constructed by what they learn from team interaction. Even in graduate school students learn that the key to power for scientists is flexibility and cooperation. Many experiments show success after many well planned failures. Sometimes it takes only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parents’ Dilemma: Where to send my child to School?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/a-parents%e2%80%99-dilemma-where-to-send-my-child-to-school/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/a-parents%e2%80%99-dilemma-where-to-send-my-child-to-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD, ADD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is my child going to the right school?  
Deciding this seemingly simple question can be agonizing for parents. Not only are some schools “objectively” better (lower teacher student ratios, more enrichment programs, etc) but one kind of child could fail in the same school where a different child would thrive.  It happened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food for thought?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/food-for-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sparkmygenius.com/?p=175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In many counties around the U.S. school districts are offering free breakfasts to students under the theory that if you&#8217;re hungry then you aren&#8217;t at your best.  They&#8217;re hoping to see an increase in grades and standardized test scores, especially in poor schools where students are often short on good scores and good meals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulitzer Prize Winner with Aspergers</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-with-aspergers/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-with-aspergers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sparkmygenius.com/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend’s son has Aspergers and wants to be a singer.  The problem is it’s hard not to cringe when he sings.  It is very soulful and when I listen to him I wonder if he isn’t into some kind of more evolved singing and the rest of us just can’t get it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the work out of Homework</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/taking-the-work-out-of-homework/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/taking-the-work-out-of-homework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sparkmygenius.com/?p=172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The days are getting shorter.  School is starting.  Homework is coming. Arguments about homework generate anger and frustration for parents and children. It’s easy to understand the child’s perspective.  They’re in school all day and then they are free – BUT WAIT – there is homework to do. As parents we know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want Your Children to be Smarter in School This Year?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/want-your-children-to-be-smarter-in-school-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/want-your-children-to-be-smarter-in-school-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell them to Think of Their Brain as a Muscle
Research shows that students do better in school when they are told they can get smarter by training their brains to get stronger— like a muscle.
Article here.
Does your child see intelligence as something fixed or something expandable?
Students who think intelligence is fixed become preoccupied with whether [...]]]></description>
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