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<title>Dr. Linda Silbert - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr. Linda Silbert is an educational specialist, author, and speaker. She and her husband Al share a passion for helping children learn, using the principles of the program they founded together. Their STRONG Learning Program, an educational breakthrough, focusing on six key areas: Self-esteem, Trust, Responsibility, Options, Needs, and Goals, which helps struggling students and academic stars alike achieve academic success. She and Al have written over 40 books, Their most recent book, "Why Bad Grades Happen to Good Kids," with a forword by Al Roker, co-host of NBC's "Today Show," has won Mom's Choice Awards(R) Gold Recipient and Book ... ]]></description>
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<title>NY High School Regents Exams: Do We Still Need Them?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Today, over a century later, does it make sense that New York high schools continue to prepare students for Regents exams? Are Regents exams relevant or are they vestiges of an educational system of yesteryear? Let's look at some of the pros and cons.]]></description>
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<title>Dyscalculia Symptoms in Grade School Children</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dyscalculia is hard to diagnose before 2nd grade. Until the math gets a bit complex, dyscalculia symptoms stay hidden. However, the symptoms are pronounced after that.]]></description>
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<title>Overcoming Math Struggles</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Difficulties with Math challenge even the brightest kids. Discover how to figure out why you child struggling with math and how to help them.]]></description>
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<title>Homework Versus Outside Activities</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:28:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Homework isn't usually a child's favorite activity. However, when homework doesn't get done and is overwhelming, it's often because of too many outside activities.]]></description>
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<title>Stressed Out Kids - Too Many Activities Get in the Way of School Success</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:35:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[School success isn't easy if kids are involved in too many outside activities. They need time for homework and time to relax. Find strategies for helping your child choose activities without overdoing it.]]></description>
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<title>How to Help Your Kids Set Goals - Use the SMART Model</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:58:28 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Help your child set goals at New Year's or any time. You've used SMART goals at work. You remember that SMART stands for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely. These are big words for little kids but the general principle still works. Kids can set SMART goals too.]]></description>
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<title>Homework Hassles? Three Tools to Make it Easier</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:42:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes homework can be a real hassle. Maybe it's that way in your home. Here are three quick and easy tips to help make doing homework easier and less stressful including time management, homework helper, and organizing papers.]]></description>
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<title>School Success - What to Do If Your Child Isn't Learning</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:02:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learning disabilities are serious and need to be addressed or your child's difficulties in school may never be solved. And school success is out of reach. But how do you know if your child's problems stem from a learning disability or something else?]]></description>
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<title>The Secret to School Success</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:29:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To ensure school success, parents must support their children, respect them, and accept them for who they are. These three factors are the building blocks to positive self-esteem, which is of the highest importance to insure school success.]]></description>
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<title>Does Your Child Have a Learning Disability? Three Tips For Parents</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:08:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When kids are forgetful and disorganized and have to use all their resources to survive each day, they may have a learning disability. Unless his teachers and parents understand how difficult it is for such a child, they won't be able to relate to him.]]></description>
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<title>Does School Success Depend on AP Courses</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:31:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do AP classes cause too much stress for high school students? Are they necessary in order to get into a good college? Who should take them? How many should a student take at one time?]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Child Too Tired to Succeed in School?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:57:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lots of kids suffer from sleep deprivation. When they don't get enough sleep, kids don't have enough energy for school or for managing their emotions. Discover what you can do to assure your child gets enough sleep.]]></description>
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<title>Driven to Succeed - Kids and Grades</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:52:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Kids who work too hard at getting good grades, who stay up late studying, and melt down when they don't get A's are at risk for emotional problems. Find out how you can prevent these problems.]]></description>
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<title>Does Multi-Tasking Interfere With School Success?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:49:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your teen probably texts, listens to music, talks on the phone, and chats on MySpace and similar sites while doing homework. Does this multi-tasking get in the way of finishing homework? Find out what the research says.]]></description>
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<title>Too Stressed For School Success?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:28:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Of course, kids stress out over big things happening in your family like cancer, job loss or divorce. They also get stressed out over small things (at least in your eyes) like what to wear or how to have their hair cut. Whatever the cause, stress is serious. Find out what you can do to lower your child's stress.]]></description>
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<title>Dyscalculia - When Your Child Can't Do Math</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:45:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some children who struggle with math have dyscalculia, a math disability. Discover seven strategies that parents can use to help with their children with math.]]></description>
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<title>Geometry Proofs - Three Reasons Kids Need to Learn How to Do Them</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:05:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why do we make kids go through the ordeal of doing geometry proofs? Find out why geometry is good for your child's brain development even if they aren't going to major in math.]]></description>
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<title>Teaching Kids to Think Creatively - Seven Activities You Can Do at Home</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:45:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Children are creative.  But too much TV, too many video games, and too much school time devoted to "teaching to the tests" leaves them too little time for creative thinking. Creative thinking is an important life skill. Discover how to encourage creativity in your kids...]]></description>
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<title>How to Help Your Disorganized Child - Seven Tips For Better Organization</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 15:40:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lots of kids seem to forget homework, tests, their jacket, even their lunch. Discover how you can help your child to be more organized and less forgetful.]]></description>
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<title>SATs - Avoid Traps and Trust Yourself</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:33:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you know that sometimes the SAT and PSAT questions can be misleading? Find out what some of these traps are and learn to trust yourself and the questions.]]></description>
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<title>Dysgraphia - Seven Tips to Help Kids Who Can't Write</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Children who have difficulty writing are often diagnosed as having a learning disability called "dysgraphia." Because writing is a basic skill, a child with dysgraphia can suffer poor grades in most of her classes. Find out what strategies you can use to help your child enjoy success in school.]]></description>
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<title>Parenting Well - Your Child's School Success Depends on It</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:03:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Children get most of their direction from you, their parent. They learn how to become responsible, how to follow rules, even how to make decisions from you. Seven easy parenting strategies will help your children be successful in school and all areas of their lives.]]></description>
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<title>From Underachiever to Achiever - Three Tips For Parents</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:42:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Millions of underachieving kids fall through the cracks in our school system every year. Is your child one of them? Learn how to tell if your child is an underachiever. Discover what you can do to help your child reach her potential.]]></description>
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<title>How to Take Your SAT Exam - It's All About Attitude</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:39:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Worried about taking your SAT or PSAT exam? Afraid you won't do well. And what about those questions that you don't know? You'll do better on these exams if you go into them with a good attitude. Try the SAT game and the SAT sport to change your attitude.]]></description>
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<title>Dyslexia - Why Your Child Can't Read</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Millions of kids have poor reading skills. Some kids aren't motivated to read and rarely pick up a book. Many other children who do want to read struggle because of dyslexia. Since reading is essential, parents need to know the signs of dyslexia and how to help their child become a good reader. School success depends on reading.]]></description>
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<title>ADHD - Five Strategies For Parents</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:02:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many children with ADHD have a difficult time focusing and paying attention to their work at school and to homework after school. Struggles with school jeopardize your child's success. A variety of strategies will help parents help their children learn more effectively and behave in a more cooperative way.]]></description>
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<title>Getting Help For Your Child - Coach Or Tutor?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:44:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When your child has trouble in school, she needs help. Discover the difference between a coach and a tutor and how to choose the right person to help your child. Does your child need help with study skills and learning how to learn? Or are they stuck in algebra.  Know what questions to ask and when to get help.]]></description>
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<title>Homework - Help For Parents</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:53:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Homework has become one of the biggest issues for parents and kids. It can be an ongoing cause of anger, frustration, and family disharmony. How much homework is too much? Does homework help kids learn? What can parents do about if homework affects their child's success in school?]]></description>
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<title>ADHD - Could My Child Have ADHD?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:45:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Attention deficit disorder in children, also referred to as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, refers to children who often have difficulty focusing their attention. They have trouble listening, remembering things, staying still, and/or waiting their turn. Their school success, education, and learning are affected.]]></description>
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<title>Disjointed - When Children Don't Get It</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:02:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We often laugh when children's perceptions are different from ours. Art Linkletter, a well-known radio and TV personality, now in his 90s, hosted the popular "Children Say the Darndest Things." Laughing at kids was so popular that years later Bill Cosby had Linkletter asking kids questions on his show. Linkletter and Cosby chatted with one child after another. The humor resulted from wildly different interpretations of words and phrases. From prayers to geography, from metaphors to popular songs, we laughed because the children didn't get it. It was disjointed.]]></description>
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<title>ADHD and Reading - Four Strategies For Reading</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:00:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many ADHD children struggle with reading. Some have dyslexia. At the least, their lack of focus gets in the way of reading comprehension and recall. And difficulties with reading jeopardizes your child's success at school in general. Parents can help their children learn to read more effectively by teaching kids strategies such as scribbling, sub-vocalizing, and thinking before and during reading. Teachers: these tips work at school too.]]></description>
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