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Moving is never easy, and finding a school for your child can be the hardest part of all. Why don’t we learn from the experiences of other families? Three moms of Concordia International School Shanghai talk to LittleStar about their school search, offering some great ideas on how to find a perfect match for your [...]
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According to a statement attributed to Sigmund Freud, adolescence is a temporary mental illness. Anna Freud suggested that being normal during puberty is itself abnormal.
Statements of this type create veils and prevent people from seeing the wonderful opportunities for personal growth that open up during adolescence.
Problem solving contributes to the empowerment of both parents [...]
When I was growing up in the Midwestern United States in the 80s, the highlight of summer for many kids was getting to spend a few weeks away from home, usually at a remote lakeside location participating in some form of educational camp, the most popular of which were band and sports camps.
Fast forward 30 [...]
“Mensa welcomes two-year-old into its ranks, second toddler this year” – this is the headline of a recent news article on Yahoo.com.
The news reports that Anthony Popa Urria is the youngest Canadian ever admitted into Mensa and has an estimated IQ (intelligence quotient) of 154. The toddler can recite the alphabet backwards and forwards, [...]
Parents often ask me about how to get their children to go to sleep at night…. and how to get their children to sleep in their own beds.
It is important to remember that you create you child’s world by the choices and decisions you make. If you live in Paris, or London or Shanghai, that [...]
Choosing a school – or more precisely, choosing the right school – is one of the many important decisions parents must make. At the risk of using hyperbole to prove a point, choosing a school is arguably as important as choosing a doctor or choosing a spouse. Why? Because at school more so than at [...]
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George Bernard Shaw said: “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
We never went to a school for parents. So, how do we deal with the difficult task of parenting?
Dialog between parents and their teens – is it possible? How do I listen to my child? Can I understand an only child? [...]
- How to write the Perfect Personal Statement
It’s that time of year for High School seniors to begin applying for entrance to colleges and universities. The most challenging part of the whole ordeal is writing the personal statement. How do you encapsulate your past, your motivations and your dreams for the future into the required format and [...]
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Everyone needs to feel as if they belong.
Misbehavior is a negative way to achieve this natural and basic human need to belong.
The famous American psychiatrist R. Dreikurs has formulated four negative ways of expressing this need. They are based on the following goals of misbehavior in children and teenagers: Attention, Power, Revenge and [...]
Waiting until the last minute to take action.
Many students put off college applications because they are anxious about the dreaded essay, or they don’t anticipate the amount of time required to complete all aspects of the process. Rushing can only hurt the end result. Holding off on asking teachers for recommendation letters is also detrimental. [...]
Like any luxury brand, top colleges in the United States have always been in demand.
Interestingly enough, the “Ivy League” (U Penn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown and Cornell) started as a football league, not as a prestigious school affiliation – they were simply East Coast schools that played football against each other and [...]
It can be heartwarming and rewarding to watch a child take his first steps or manage his first words, but what about the milestone moment when a child is first able to solve his own problems?
While many parents may practice caution when letting their babies independently discover the world, American parenting expert Dr. Norma [...]
In today’s world of celebrity glitz and glamour, touch-up technology and glorified weight-loss tricks all over the media, it’s not uncommon for young girls to stare in the mirror and wonder, “Am I too fat?”
This is part of a problem that many parents worry will lead to eating habits in their children’s lives. There seem [...]
In fast-paced city living, it’s not uncommon for a seemingly usual day to suddenly flood with stressors: that stain on the shirt needs cleaning, the last-minute permission slip needs signing and the gas tank needs filling only minutes before an engagement. The constant pressures from society, work, school, friends and family may seem limitless, but [...]
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Top U.S. college consultants, Dr. Michele Hernandez and Mimi Doe EdM, have worked with students from around the world for the past 10 years. From their work together and Dr. Hernandez’s work as an assistant director of Admissions at Dartmouth College they know the insider secrets about college admissions. Here are their top ten tips:
TEST [...]
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