2008/9 PTA Meeting Highlights
Handouts and highlights from our meetings.

September 2008
Guest Speaker: Mr. Mark O’Brien, Glenbrook South Vice Principal
Special Topic: Spending time with your family and observations about creating the balance of scheduled vs. unscheduled time with your children.

"Growing Up - What Kids Should Learn Along the Way"
Resilience in children: Children who make reasonable choices based on unreasonable circumstances.

  1. The Happiness Myth
  2. Pecking Order
  3. Bullying
  4. Transference of our own pain

Choices for Play-

  1. Observe
  2. Structure vs. Direction
  3. The Cost of a High Stim World

Incidental Learning & Where it is likely to Occur

  1. Playdates - Self Initiated
  2. Who chooses the friends?
  3. AYSO vs. Street Ball

Parents' Perspective

  1. Too Positive
  2. Too Worried

 

 

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