{"id":2923,"date":"2015-01-07T09:16:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=2923"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:39:31","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:39:31","slug":"three-new-years-resolutions-will-lead-success-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/three-new-years-resolutions-will-lead-success-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Three New Year\u2019s resolutions that will lead to success in school"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the start of a new year, and that\u2019s a good time to take stock. Are your teen\u2019s grades where she\u2014and you\u2014would like them to be? If not, it may be time to make some learning resolutions.<\/p>\n

Here are three to try:<\/p>\n

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  1. Get to class on time every day. <\/strong>Teachers can\u2019t teach students who aren\u2019t in class. And if teens consistently miss a class, or if they arrive late, they\u2019re going to miss something important.<\/li>\n
  2. Read for pleasure. <\/strong>Research shows that teens strongly benefit from time spent reading. Unfortunately, according to studies collected by Common Sense Media, there has been a clear decline in read\u00ading among teens. Nearly half of 17-year-olds say they read for plea\u00adsure no more than one or two times a year. So encourage your teen to spend time reading something she likes\u2014a sports story, a thriller or a magazine. It doesn\u2019t matter what she reads, just that she reads.<\/li>\n
  3. Cut down on screen time. <\/strong>Studies show that most teens spend more than seven hours a day using media. Not surprisingly, those with the highest media usage had the lowest grades. So have your teen turn off the TV and put her phone down for an hour or two. Encourage her to use that time to read, be active or just daydream.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Source: <\/strong>J. Ludden, \u201c<\/strong>Why Aren\u2019t Teens Reading Like They Used To? \u201c NPR.org; \u201cGeneration M\u00b2: Media in the Lives of 8 to 18-year-olds,\u201d Kaiser Family Foundation.)<\/em><\/p>\n

    More tips, ideas and information for parents to support their children are available in the Parent Connection\u2019s Parents Make the Difference<\/em> monthly newsletters available on vbschools.com here<\/a>. One newsletter for each school level \u2013 elementary, middle and high \u2013 is published monthly September through May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It\u2019s the start of a new year, and that\u2019s a good time to take stock. Are your teen\u2019s grades where she\u2014and you\u2014would like them to be? If not, it may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-2923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-parent-connection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6344,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions\/6344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}