An Even Better Place: on Families & Children

Parental involvement with school & kids solves social woes

Let’s talk about what parents can do to better raise and educate our children.
1. A seemingly simple thing: Read to your children.
2. Help your kids with their homework and take an interest in what they’re doing in school. Don’t do the work for them, but just asking how it’s going and offering occasional help when they’re stumped is very welcome.
3. Try to make it to every open-school night, parent-teacher conference, or school committee meeting, and, if you can, spend an hour a week in your kids’ school as a volunteer.
4. Just spend time with your children. You can give them no greater gift.