It is time to sit down with your family and talk about the coming school year. Coming off the last lazy days of summer, it is the discussions you have now as a family that will help to define a successful transition back into the realm of academia and less flexible schedules. By clearly defining, from the beginning, your expectations for each of your children, hopefully there will be less frustration and more joy for everyone.
A Child needs to know what is expected of him and why. It helps him to understand that he is a part of a family and that everyone has jobs to do, both outside and inside the home. By including him in the planning, he knows that he has an important role in the family unit. As parents, we need to be able to communicate to him, in an age appropriate manner, just what his individual roles are to be. That is not to say, that roles cannot be modified as time and circumstances change.
It is essential that children are re-evaluated as the academic year progresses and that changes are made where needed. the best laid plans all have an element of flexibility built into them. That is life. Begin preparing your child for it now.
Some areas that should be discussed are health, family, school, activities and chores.
We will be talking a look at all these areas over the next few days.
By: Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes (2011)
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