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Motivational Speaker, Jazz Musician, Music Educator, Author, Podcast Host

#teacherapprecationweek is coming up soon! Want to know what to "give" your child's teacher? Here are some tips from Dr. Fay of Love and Logic fame: "Another gift we can give them involves our own parenting. The most wonderful display of our appreciation is to send them students truly ready to be respectful, responsible, and eager to learn. No doubt this gift also benefits our children, who will rise to the top when equipped with such character attributes. In addition to letting our kids hearing our positive comments about their teachers, here is list of a few additional things you can do to help teachers help your kids succeed: - Ensure that they are doing chores without reminders at home, so that they know how to do assignments without reminders at school. - Allow very little time with technology, including video games, texting, surfing the web, watching videos, television, etc. These activities make it more difficult for our children to remain calm and content at school. - Have family meals together, where you enjoy each other and talk about all the things you’ve learned during the day."

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