Expectations are Key

Posted by SFleming on June 13, 2010

I was reading status updates on a social media site that I frequent, and happened to see a post by a young friend of mine saying she was headed to the library to get a book to begin summer reading.  A mutual acquaintance (also a teen) responded, “Why are you doing that? Haven’t you heard that school is out???”  This tells me something very important about that young man’s family’s expectations of him.  My feeling is that he has not been expected to exercise his brain during the summer for many, many years. Not coincidentally, the young man also struggles in high school and is at risk for dropping out.

NOW is the time to make that expectation clear to your children.  Kids live up (or down) to the expectations that their parents and other important adults have for them.  This vacation, make it clear to your children that you expect more from them.  Bookmark this site and consider some of our classes to keep the brains active at your house!