President Obama says schools, parents and families are all strapped for cash, but there's one free thing everyone can do to improve their kids' education: turn off the TV.
Malia and Sasha Obama, the president says, get no TV on school nights. After school, they do their homework, eat dinner and read until bedtime.
Obama, who said he hasn't missed a parent-teacher conference since
taking office, said parents can stay in touch with their children's
teachers."Very early on, we set expectations for Malia and Sasha
in terms of them taking responsibility for their own education," Obama
said. They got alarm clocks at age 4 to begin waking themselves up,
making their own beds and getting themselves ready to get to school on
time.
In a time where there's no extra money to spend, what are other free solutions to helping your child learn?
Filed under: Parents and Parenting, School Life / Pop Culture
I think there is a major difference between using TV as an educational tool and letting it be an uncontrolled replacement for aother activities. Kids do need entertainment and TV provides valid opportunities there. It can also be a mind-numbing waste of time. So as usual the weight rests on the parents to find what is worth watching and to control the quantity and quality of TV viewing. Of course it's easier to provide other resources if you are wealthy. Jean-Paul Setlak
When I first read this article a couple of weeks ago in the Tribune, I started to circle the wagons. My wife said "you read to our son,pick him up from school,do homework,cook dinner(we're a double income family with retail hours to consider),lay out his clothes and put him to bed every night, how often does the president do that?" Perspective...
I could add that I coach my son's hockey and soccer teams too...sorry President Obama...looks like Grandma is doing lots of heavy lifting...
My son's watching cartoons right now...
Too easy...the Hawks are on !!!!
The best things about blogs are the written verification from the masses. "Kids can read"! Lo and behold
Huet has to shut off the TV though...
Unless it has changed, I believe that WIC is hard wired to prevent fraud. When I was a checker, we couldn't even input fake cheese under a WIC check.
Isn't he just wonderful VOMIT!!!
WIC can't buy candy, in fact it's very specific what it can buy--mainly staples like dried beans, rice, flour, real cheese, real dairy, I think it was recently changed to allow fresh produce. Go to your grocers sometime and look at the shelves, there are labels that say WIC approved (at least at my local Jewel) on the shelf indicating that the food in question is actually approved for WIC.
WIC is a great nutrition program simply because it can only be used to purchase healthful food.