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Successful Parenting: School Success Takes Teamwork

15 minutes 42 seconds

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Man looks to the side of camera while speaking. In the background is a forest of green, deciduous trees. Caption. With your child's interests at heart.

Shows parents and guardians the basics on how to help their children succeed in school. Covers parent involvement, parent/teacher conferences, conflicts, and complaints. Includes suggestions for children in preschool, elementary, middle, and high school.

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Runtime: 15 minutes 42 seconds

Topic: Education, Home and Family
Subtopic: General Education, Parent and Child, Parenting
Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
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Release Year: 1997
Producer/Distributor: Active Parenting Publishers, Inc.
Series: Successful Parenting
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Boy holds an art paint brush and stands while painting onto a paper attached to an easel in an art classroom. He his focused on the image he is painting in yellow. Caption. To know what to expect at each age.

Boy is seated at a kitchen table with an open textbook and worksheet in front of him, arms folded on table, looking frustrated. A woman stands at his side with 1 arm on his shoulder and 1 on his back. Caption. No, let's find another solution for that.

Boy stands next to a woman seated at a desk in a classroom. They are both looking down at an open notebook. Bookshelves behind them contain supplies and books. Caption. He will learn to be responsible.

Man looks to the side of camera while speaking. In the background is a forest of green, deciduous trees. Caption. With your child's interests at heart.

Boy sits at a dining room table writing onto a large monthly desk calendar. He is focused on his writing. An open notebook with a pencil rests next to the calendar. Caption. Help break a project into what needs to be done.

Girl stands at the bottom of the outdoor stairs in front of a home. She stares forward while her hands are clasped and hang together in front or her. She appears to be waiting. Caption. Almost every child of the single parent family.

Boy stands sideways to camera and watches a woman who is cooking on a home kitchen stove top. The woman and boy are looking at each other as they speak. Caption. Nearly 90 per cent of the children live with their mother.

2 boys play side by side on the floor. Wooden blocks and pieces are scattered between them. 1 boy is looking through a bin filled with more wooden pieces. Spanish caption. Se dará cuenta usted.

Rear view of a teenage boy standing next to and speaking to an older man who is cooking on a kitchen stove. Spanish caption. Papá, el entrenador de béisbol me hizo sentir muy mal hoy.

Woman stands behind a young girl and pushes her on a swing. Both are smiling. The swing is part of a teeter-totter and slide set that is in a tree lined, grassy area. Spanish caption. Así es que ella sabe de disciplina. Bastante.