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Budget cuts, over crowded classrooms, uninspired teachers and more … they are all factors that make up the current state of the education system. What can you do as a parent to assure your child gets the education they need today so they are better prepared for the challenges they will face tomorrow?

Also learn the shocking scientific evidence that proves how video games affect children’s minds as the Panel discusses this harmful growing trend.

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Maintain Order in the Kitchen. When there is a child in the kitchen, it easy for things to get chaotic. It is important to maintain order. If your child is upset, stop cooking, turn the fires off and leave the room to deal with the situation. Do not hold your child while you cook. Make sure that there is a working fire extinguisher in the kitchen. Do not talk on the phone or answer the door when you and your child are cooking. When you finish using a knife, wipe it off and put it away, do not leave it in the sink or on the counter.

Keep Hot Items Out of Reach. The kitchen is full of hot items, whether they are on the stove, in the microwave or sitting on the counter. Because children are smaller than we are, a splash from a hot pan that would barely register with us, getting our shirt damp, could seriously burn a child’s face or arms. When you are cooking, use the back burners if at all possible. Turn the pan handles toward the back of the stove. Do not let your child remove dishes from the microwave by himself, or remove the covering from a pot or bowl which is likely to release steam. As the meal is prepared do not leave the hot pans on the counter or sitting on a towel or tablecloth that could inadvertently cause your child to pull the food over on himself.

Keep Loose Items Contained. Loose items are a hazard, no matter what they are. If your child has long hair, contain it in an elastic band before you begin the meal preparation. If you are using small appliances, only bring out the ones that you plan to use for the meal. After you are finished, unplug them, wrap the cord around the base and put them away.

Choose Age Appropriate Tasks. It is important to choose age appropriate tasks for your child. While each child is different, and you know your child best, there are some things that an older child can do safely that a younger child should not attempt. While some chores are better suited for older children for safety sake, others are to prevent unnecessary mess.

Even very young children can bring items from the refrigerator, wash fruits and vegetables and mix dry ingredients. As a child gets older, around the time they start kindergarten, they can learn to crack eggs, help frost cupcakes and brownies and begin to learn how to measure ingredients. Once a child reaches middle school, they are ready to chop vegetables and use blenders and other small appliances.

NEA, the largest organization of educators in the nation, offers these suggestions for parents on how they can ensure a successful educational experience for your children:

* Go to parent-teacher meetings. If the school is the place, assign a time to meet with teachers of their children. Ask how their children and review his work. Let them know how and when teachers can contact you. Finally, ask how they can support their children’s learning at home.

* Visit the classroom. Having a firsthand view of what is happening in the classrooms of their children will help keep you informed about what they are learning in school.

* Join the parent-teacher association or other group of parents. Go to school events, like the night of back to school. As a group, parents can help schools achieve their goals.

* Pay attention to what their children are learning in school. Keep in mind what they must know to meet the standards set for the grade level attending.

* Contact the school if you have any concerns.

The parent involvement also means reading to your children, reviewing homework every night, limit TV nights before school days or just ask your children how they were in school that day.

“Regardless of their level of involvement, do it consistently and regularly, because it will mark an important difference in the lives of their children,” said Weaver.

For more information and resources about parental involvement, visit www.nea.org / parents.

With the arrival of the children come difficulties in some couples. However, in other strengthens the marriage bond, they adapt self to changes following the arrival of a baby at home and enjoy every stage of life for their children. To avoid unnecessary conflicts in the family, is essential to have an organized family life to facilitate the day to day.
1. Reconcile marriage and children
2. An organized life
3. Attitudes towards children

1. Reconcile marriage and children

Search more time together and make more family  life favors, the union of the couple.
Most marriages today are experiencing a lack of time for everything. Carry such a frantic life that they barely have time to be together and enjoying their children.
The work and the distances of the large cities absorb them all day. This leads to an estrangement between the couple and a lack of family life.
More hours together more and more family life is fundamental to a marriage does not fail.
Weekends are the best way to enjoy the family. We can relax and do activities with children and with our partners. It is very important to make a bit of time to be alone with our partner, the best time is late in the day when children are lying.

2. An organized life

For a marriage not blame their children for lack of time to be together or not all day discussing the everyday things that arise throughout the day as a result of the needs and attention to be devoted to children, they must have a large organization with respect to the time of their children. Establish a schedule of meals, shower and go to bed at a specific time, are rules that parents should enforce mandatory.
Furthermore, in addition to duties as to the times, parents should establish a set of appropriate rules for the age of each child and be rigorous in their enforcement. It is essential that each perform certain tasks such as making your bed, arrange the room, or turn to remove the table, down the garbage, etc.. To know that the house is all one family and that everyone must participate the daily tasks.
These standards greatly facilitate family life and create a pleasant environment for all, enable parents to have a little time each day to be alone and talk.
As a child, is also very positive because this way you know what your obligations are in every moment and what to do.
In compliance with the rules avoids unnecessary discussions and help ensure that children are disciplined and responsible individuals.
Otherwise, if a family with children do not have an organized life, we are faced with a chaotic family in which no one works and which make the family work ahead will be more complicated and difficult. In these cases, marriages tend to blame their children for lack of time and be tired, and you can see in them the cause of their poor relationship and discussions.

3. Attitudes towards children

In many cases, the birth of the children arrive difficulties: increased responsibilities, lack of sleep due to the care to be provided to the baby, the problems in order to balance work and family life, etc.. are factors negatively affecting the lives of a couple and facilitate the discussions.
When children are older, parents must agree on everything about education and not banish before them. If a mother takes all afternoon hoping that her son is taken to dinner, when the father should not give then permission to be left or if one parent punish, the other should not lift the punishment.
These are situations that cause conflicts in the couple and the children get confused as to how they should act.
In other cases, with the arrival of children the marriage is strengthened and that until then had been a couple becomes a family. The arrival of a child involves substantial changes in the couple must live with great enthusiasm and complicity. It is a process they have to adapt.
A child supposed to share concerns, joys, education, challenges, satisfactions, etc.. Ultimately, a series of feelings that no one better than your spouse agrees and understands. Your partner is the best person you enjoy your children. Live with intensity each stage of your children, enjoy and share with your partner and do not forget to take a little time alone to enjoy both.

Source: PULEVA HEALTH
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