Easier school mornings are not simply luck, says parenting expert Margaret Ross. Parents can mulitple their effectiveness and lower school day stress with these six parent-proven stress reducers. This can be a successful school year for you and your child. Take step one today.
Atlanta, GA, October 19, 2011 — “Parents can easily avoid sabotaging this year’s school success,” says Kamaron Institute president and parenting expert, Margaret Ross. “Now is the best time to establish a school day success system. Lowering parental school-morning stress can be as simple as taking six simply brilliant anti-steps .”
If your children are like most, their backpacks, desks, lockers quickly become a disorganized mess of homework, flyaway papers, and permission slips. “Getting organized helps children and parents to be less stressed. When children know where their work is and are able to quickly find what they need, they don’t waste time and energy looking for misplaced papers and missing books,” adds Ross.
Six Simply Brilliant Stress Reducers
1. Partner with the School and Teachers
Use both high tech and high touch skills for your child’s school success. Pair a face-to-face visit (high touch) expressing your appreciation and support while providing your cell and email contacts (high tech) are a good way to launch a new school year relationship.
2. Use Technology To Stay Informed
Education has never been more wired or more wireless. Your child’s teachers may have a homework voicemail that can be checked and they usually publish their school email address. The school’s website can be an information treasure trove.
3. Set Up the Space
The first thing you need is a study space and a system at home for monitoring school work and notes sent home. The computer your child uses should be in a centralized location such as a family room or kitchen; so putting an “in box” type basket and a desktop file system with color coded folders and supplies should go near the computer.
4. Establish a Routine
With your child, determine the best time for daily school work and stick with it. This time is scheduled and set aside the same way sports practice or any appointment is reserved.
5. Involve your Child in the Plan
The more involved kids are with the process, the more they will stick with it. Getting them -and you- to stick to routines is important.
6. Encourage Color Coding
Let kids pick the colors of their folders, binders to correspond to different classes. If red reminds them of math, they’ll know instantly to grab the red folder or notebook when looking for their math homework.
“The building blocks for getting an “A” on a test or receiving the ‘most improved reader certificate’ are found in the small daily tasks taken to prepare. I recommend reinforcing each of the good habit behavioral building blocks. Parental direct instruction, behavior monitoring, regular course correction and small family celebrations are critical to making it all work, concludes Margaret Ross
Margaret Ross is president and Founder of the Kamaron Institute, a premier management and educational consulting firm advising leading companies and educational organizations on issues of market strategy, organizational dynamics, personnel development, communications, and bullying prevention. Ms. Ross, a parenting and bullying prevention expert, is a frequently featured guest on America’s top radio programs.
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