A 2019 graduate recently reached out with a message to one of our coaches, "How you coached us went way beyond the court. I just wanted to say thank you. Trust me, your life lessons have stuck with me." This speaks volumes to the impact coaches can have on student-athletes long after the students have left our athletic fields. Currey Ingram is committed to the positive impact of an educational-based interscholastic athletic program.
Recently, I had a conversation with my 16-year-old grandson. Actually, he did the talking, and I did the listening so I guess one could say this was a conversation. He was angry with his algebra teacher who had assigned 60 problems for homework. “How could she do this? This isn’t right! Gramma Jane, “Don’t you think I should raise my hand tomorrow and tell her this is too much homework?”
At the beginning of each school year, parents often ask, “How can I help may child be successful in school this year?” I would like to recommend an often overlooked but crucial component of success -- making mistakes. Because we live in an age where we are afraid to let children fail and want them to be perfect (e.g., perfect attendance, perfect ACT score, perfect homework paper even if it means answering questions for the child), allowing them to make mistakes is sometimes a struggle.
Begin now to help your son or daughter prepare for the start of the new school year. While many of the tips listed below are helpful for all students, they are particularly helpful for the student with ADHD. Because students with ADHD struggle with executive function (e.g., goal-directed persistence, planning, problem-solving, self-regulation), the role of the parent becomes even more important in helping the student with ADHD have a successful start to the new school year.
Children experience all the highs, lows, mysteries, stressors, worries and joys of any human life, no matter their age. A child may feel, process, and express their emotion differently than an adult, but the core emotion carries the same (or heavier) weight in a child’s soul as it does in an adult’s.
