Christian Parenting
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Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it. The word "train" in the
original Hebrew text is chanak (khaw-nak')
and means; to narrow, to initiate or discipline,
dedicate. train up.
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to training up our children in the way they should go. We can do this
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Christian Parenting Feature:
Preparing to Go Back to School
By: Audrey Okaneko
By the beginning of August my kids are usually asking to go to
Staples to start looking at and buying back to school supplies.
Each year we are always unsure what supplies any one teacher
might want. We’ve had some teachers that wanted a different notebook for
every subject. We’ve had some teachers that wanted 5 subject notebooks
to take notes for class. It is always so hard to second guess what the
teacher may want.
Of course if you wait until the first or second day of school
to buy your supplies, then many of the stores have very little left.
Especially items like compasses. These can be very hard to find that
first or second day of school.
One trick we learned was to buy everything we thought the teacher might
want. If the kids went to school and discovered they did not
need the item, we would then return it. It was much easier to return a
few items, versus driving all over town looking for sold out items.
When children enter junior high and high school, the size of
the school and the thought of changing classes all day long can
be overwhelming. Our local schools give both junior high school and
senior high school students their schedules a week before school
actually starts. We always walked the path many times. We walked
from class to class so that my children felt comfortable the first day
of school. We also found bathrooms, the gym and the cafeteria.
This walkthrough can help eliminate some of the stress of starting a new
school.
Prior to school starting, visit either the library or the book
store, so your child has a book to read during free time. I found that
in the older grades, teachers expected kids to have a book that first
week of school. As the school year developed the teachers often
assigned a specific genre but that first week, free choice was almost
always acceptable.
The week before school starts, we changed our bedtime and wake
up time to coincide with the school schedule. No more sleeping until 8
or 9 a.m. By making this change a week ahead of time, it causes much
less stress that first week of school.
All of these preparations have helped make back to school
run quite smoothly in our home.
About the Author:
Audrey Okaneko is mom to two girls. She can be reached at
audreyoka@cox.net or visited at
www.todays-parent.com
Article Source:
http://www.wahm-articles.com
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