Resources from the November Blog called "Five Tips for Successful Students"

Eat Together. 

• Family Meals: More than Good Nutrition: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=family-meals-more-than-good-nutrition-1-2152
• Why the Family Meal is Important: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=why-the-family-meal-is-important-1-701

Encourage sleep

• Your child’s sleep affects their brain: https://www.childrens.com/health-wellness/your-childs-sleep-affects-their-brain
• Tips for better rest: https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/service/sleep-disorders/good-night-sleep

Limit Screen time:

• How and why you should limit screen time: https://www.childrens.com/health-wellness/screen-time-guidelines
• Screen Time and the Brain: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/screen-time-brain

Practice Boundaries:

• Teaching Kids About Boundaries: https://childmind.org/article/teaching-kids-boundaries-empathy/
• Why Kids Need Rules: https://www.parenting.com/child/why-kids-need-rules/

Expect them to be at school every day

• 10 Facts About School Attendance (this one has links to several different studies) https://www.attendanceworks.org/chronic-absence/the-problem/10-facts-about-school-attendance/
• A building block of student achievement: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2018/04/25/school-attendance-a-building-block-of-student-achievement/
• Why Does Attendance Matter: https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/attendancedata/chapter1a.asp