Marino's 5th Grade All Stars: 2009

Thursday, August 6, 2009

This is the Franklin D. Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, NY. I worked for several summers here as a Park Ranger giving tours. It was a wonderful job. I love history. The only problem was I looked a little like Smoky the Bear in my park ranger uniform. Not good. FDR was the president during the Great Depression. We will be learning about the GD this year.

"Tween" Parenting Article

Unconditional Love
Children of any age need to know that they are loved. Even when preteens are difficult to like (and, at times, this is true), they should be told in words, not just actions, that they are loved unconditionally.

Moms and dads of children who have grown out of childhood but are not yet teenagers find themselves in a kind of limbo that can seem to test even the most experienced of parents. Children ages 10-13 all of a sudden seem to change personality and focus when, in fact, they are simply growing into the next stage of life. Patience, perseverance and lots of love will get any family through this most interesting growth phase.