School and Learning

Summer is coming to an end, so use this checklist to make sure you are fully prepared for back-to-school. Starting school may be stressful for younger children, but you can help ease the transition by taking these steps.

Check out the hippest school supplies, and make sure your children are prepared to go back to school in the fall.

Learn how to be more supportive and less directive with your college-bound child.

Get advice on how to find the money to send your child to college.

Find suggestions for unique and interesting teacher appreciation gifts to help say thanks and farewell to your favorite educator at the end of the school year.

Read about the benefits of sending your potty-trained toddler to preschool, learn how to find a good preschool, and find out what difficulties you may face.

Toddlers have lots of energy! Read tips on how to keep your toddler busy with arts and crafts indoors, and activities outdoors.

Learn about the fuzzy friends who have accompanied United States Presidents to the White House, from Barney the Scottish terrier to Woodrow Wilson's flock of sheep.

Learn what different cultures find strange about one another's dining habits, and how to behave when dining in a foreign land.

Teach your children how to behave properly in school.

Read about the financial aid tasks you and your teen will need to tackle before graduation.

Find tips on how to help your teen create a winning college application.

Read what frightens teens most about college, and how you can help.

Find tips on how you can help your teen cope with a learning disability.

Learn how to detect signs of a learning disability in your teenager.

Learn the causes of underachievement in children, and find out how to correct it.

Learn how you can help your teen with a daunting summer reading list or a tough assignment.

Find tips and homework help to improve your teens grades.