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How Safe Is Your School Bus?
Every year families are torn apart by accidents involving school buses. Research is currently ongoing to determine how to make buses that transport our children safer than they currently are. If you’ve ever wondered how safe your child’s school bus is, take a look at this.
Some school buses have specially designed seats that act as a form of protection even if seat belts aren’t available. Other buses have seat belts that are reported to offer additional protection. The problem, in many cases, isn’t whether these protection devices are available but whether they are used and used properly. Another thing to consider is if the bus is properly maintained and whether the driver behind the wheel is properly trained and certified to be driving the bus in the first place.
Tips for Helping Your Child Deal Cliques in School
Do you remember when you were in school and there was one group of students that everyone wanted to be a part of? Those groups, also called cliques, may have thought they were cool when they made fun of anyone who wasn’t a part of them. And they’re still around today. Your own children or teens may be facing their own issues with cliques in school.
Depending upon whether they’re a part of the “in” crowd or not could make their time in school enjoyable or not so enjoyable. In fact, experts believe part of the reason there have been so many school shootings in recent years is because some teens were ostracized or made fun of by the popular cliques at each school.
Dealing with Schoolyard Bullies
When your child comes home with blood or a rip on his shirt. He fell down is usually the answer you get when asked what happened. Still there is the lingering thought and wonder if your child is dealing with schoolyard bullies.
Usually a schoolyard bully is a child, often bigger than their peers, who uses their size as a means to manipulate and take advantage of other children. Often the bully senses the vulnerability of other students and capitalizes on those feelings. They try to gain control of other children by use of intimidation and sometimes violence.
Brown Bag Lunches: Kids Will Love These Ideas & So Will You
For kids, one of the highlights of the school day is eating lunch with friends. That lunch would be better if it were something that they actually wanted to eat. Here are some ideas for packing brown bag lunches kids will gladly carry to school.
Have you seen the old commercial where the kid looks in his lunch bag each morning and frowns, “Tuna fish again?” it’s hilarious but exemplifies a true fact – kids are visual. They like variety, especially once they reach a certain age. Satisfy that need with a wide array of choices for sandwiches, snacks, and drinks in their lunch bag.
