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Get Your Kids to Like School

“I don’t want to go to school today.” “Math is boring.” “I hate homework.” Tired of hearing these complaints? Here are five ways to help your kids get jazzed up about their education. 

By Stuart Foxman for readersdigest.ca

1. Get Involved

Children pick up on your cues. Their interest in school can increase as they see your own interest, whether through serving on the parent council, volunteering with school activities, attending school events, or getting to know your child’s teachers.

“Kids need to get a sense that you support the school, and have a positive relationship with it,” says Jeff Kugler of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. “If that relationship breaks down, it’s harder for your child to be positive.”

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