1) Gauge your involvement based on what your child’s academic behavior is showing you and not just what your child is telling you. Leave your successful student alone! As a parent, you have to determine when your help is both necessary and useful and when it simply complicates an already stressful...

I walked into preschool to pick up my 4-year old who proudly exclaimed, “Mommy! I have HOMEWORK tonight!” Indeed, it was our turn to take home the “Class Book” and design a page that described our family, complete with pictures. My frazzled “Mom-Brain” automatically translated his statement to...