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Posts Tagged ‘back to school’


Wednesday’s Parent: Tips for a new school year

  Raising college-bound children is challenging, costly and stressful. Whether you are the parent of a preschooler or a college freshman, there are parenting tips and strategies to help your student achieve success. Wednesday’s Parent is a new parent series shared by your very own POCSmom Wendy David-Gaines and college prep expert Suzanne Shaffer. Wednesday’s […]

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Back to School mistakes you should avoid

  Back to school brings excitement and anticipation for most students. But this is a new year and a new environment with new challenges. This can lead to frustration and apathy after a few weeks of classes, homework and tests. The last thing your student needs is to start the year off in a slump. […]

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Back to School Resources for parents and students

My favorite lines from “You’ve Got Mail” are: “Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” Newly sharpened pencils always remind me of back to school days. And when fall comes […]

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Back to School: Time to get Organized

School has begun for most of the country and parents are getting back in the routine: morning breakfasts, packing lunches, dropping off at school, chauffeuring their kids for after-school activities, and attending teacher conferences and  PTA meetings in the evening.  Believe it or not, I miss those days. But what I don’t miss is all […]

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Back to School Party

Come and join me tomorrow at 1p.m. central time for a Back to School Party with another mom, MomRN Tamara Walker. Tune in early at 12 p.m. for some other great back to school tips and giveaways. MomRN will be giving away a Parents Countdown to College Toolkit ($147 value) to some lucky listener so […]

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