Our children are back in school and whether it is their introductory year or their tenth, security and safety in school is a prerequisite for effective learning. Threats may arise from natural or environmental hazards like storms, floods, fires or ice or from human actions like bullying, vandalism, or even building maintenance or chemical exposure.
Luckily, many people are involved in the area of safety awareness and security in our schools. Even though schools make every effort to provide a safe environment for our children, as parents we are the first and primary teachers to our children about safety issues.
Here are a few links to assist you in your own awareness and support the work you do on a daily basis.
Useful Resources:
Summer is here and we expect to be outdoors for the next 3 months. But we all know that kids need a break sometimes and the computer can be as much a part of their lives as it is a part of ours. So for those times and days when the kids are indoors and wanting to use the computer steer them to these websites. They are considered safe browsing environments for children and offer other fun features as well.
Children and Family Friendly Browsers and Websites
Take a look at these kid focussed sites to see which ones best suit your family’s computer activities.
Doesn’t every parent want a happy child? Raising children can be hard work. Raising children that become happy productive adults requires a little more involvement. Here are seven secrets, from Zenhabits, to raising a happy child.
- Let your child know you are excited to see them when they enter the room.
- Teach your child it’s okay to be bored. Life’s not always going to be fun and games.
- Manage your child’s exposure to media.
- Let your child know they are more important than work.
- Let your child make some of the rules.
- Teach your children. Don’t outsource this to others.
- Model appropriate behavior. If you don’t set the example, who will?
For more information on these 7 secrets to raising a happy child visit the Zenhabits website.
Time Magazine has put together a list of the top 10 children’s books for 2008. How many of them have your children read?
