Build Your Children's Interests

It's New Year's resolution time again. Do you have any suggestions that will help our children do better in school? - Resolution Time
Answer: Too often people go overboard in trying to change too much with their resolutions. Sometimes a simple resolution or two can pay unexpected dividends. This year our resolution suggestion centers on building your children's academic skills through supporting their interests. One of the biggest assets children can have is an overwhelming interest in something accompanied by a desire to learn more and more about it.
Children who are mad about baseball can improve their math skills through learning how the all-so-important statistics are figured, read more to learn about recent games and have a great deal of information to use in reports. They can also study the science involved in throwing different pitches. It's the same story for those who are absorbed in hobbies from stamp collecting to photography.
Resolve to support your children's interests.
1. Give them books, magazines and articles to read about their interest.
2. Help them get more involved in their interest by finding classes (music, art, photography, golf) for them to take or going to places (baseball games, museums, plays) where they can see their interest firsthand.
3. Respect their interest and speak glowingly about it to others.