--- title: The Shipley School | | Parenting description: Parenting | Learn more about educational excellence from thought leaders at The Shipley School in the areas of academic achievement, individual and collective well-being, leadership, DEI, athletics, and the arts. --- - - [![ShipleySchool](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/TheShipleySchool-May-2017/Images/Shipley_Vertical-Logo.png)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org) [![Schedule a visit.](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/TheShipleySchool-May-2017/Images/Top-Ad-Blog-2016-04.jpg)](https://www.shipleyschool.org/admissions/admissions-events-and-tours) - [Home](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org) - [Request Admissions Information](https://www.shipleyschool.org/request-admissions-information) - [Visit Shipley](https://www.shipleyschool.org/admissions/admissions-events-and-tours) - [Shipley Magazine](https://www.shipleyschool.org/the-shipley-magazine) - [News](https://www.shipleyschool.org/news) ### Featured Posts [![Winning the Homework Battle: 10 Tips for Helping Children with Homework](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/2020-02-06-10-Tips-for-Helping-Your-Child-With-Homework.jpg)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/10-tips-for-helping-kids-with-homework) #### [Winning the Homework Battle: 10 Tips for Helping Children with Homework](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/10-tips-for-helping-kids-with-homework) [![I Accidentally Misgendered Someone! 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This kind of friendship can be confusing and hurtful, leaving parents unsure how to best support their child. In this blog post, Catherine Mallam, Shipley's Lower School Director of... [![Teasing, Bullying, and Conflict: What’s the Difference?](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/2024-02-Teasing-Bullying-Conflict.jpg)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/teasing-bullying-and-conflict-whats-the-difference) [Lower School](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/lower-school) [Parenting](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/parenting) [social emotional learning](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/social-emotional-learning) [Teasing, Bullying, and Conflict: What’s the Difference?](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/teasing-bullying-and-conflict-whats-the-difference) The third grader was pensive as he described interactions with a classmate. “My mom is really upset because she thinks I’m being bullied,” he told me, “but I think I’m being teased.” Turns out, he was right! The words teasing, bullying, and conflict are often used interchangeably, but they describe... [![Supporting your Child’s Well-Being During Back to School Season](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/hubfs/2021-10-05-Blog-Supporting-Well-Being.jpg)](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/supporting-your-childs-well-being-during-back-to-school-season) [Back to School](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/back-to-school) [Parenting](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/parenting) [Well-being](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/topic/well-being) [Supporting your Child’s Well-Being During Back to School Season](https://blogs.shipleyschool.org/supporting-your-childs-well-being-during-back-to-school-season) For many of us, the beginning of this school year has marked a return to routines and structures that we have been missing since March of 2020. Mixed in with the excitement of getting our students back onto school buses and soccer fields is worry: worry about how the pandemic has impacted our... 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