"Buy Gold Now" a book that push Gold to Record Highs

Buy Gold Now: How a Real Estate Bust, our Bulging National Debt, and the Languishing Dollar Will Push Gold to Record Highs.

A practical guide to using gold to excel in today's overextended financial world
With American consumer debt doubling in seven years and the federal debt continuing to surge, a potential dollar crash is now talked about openly in financial circles. Although risks in financial markets have been escalating--creating a need for protection in gold--no major investment house recommends it, and gold remains the most under-owned major financial asset! Written by investment expert Shayne McGuire, Buy Gold Now discusses why the opportunity to profit in gold--and protect oneself from risk--has never been better. This reliable resource covers essential issues, including the best ways to invest in bullion, specific recommendations regarding rare coins, and stock market investments via gold and silver mining stocks and ETFs. With anecdotes from some of the world's leading financial professionals, Buy Gold Now explains why gold isn't just a defensive purchase anymore, but an investment that can outperform the markets for many years to come.

Masterfully researched, and written in a straightforward style, Buy Gold Now makes a case for buying gold as protection against the rising risks of an unprecedented global currency crisis and as a profitable investment vehicle. Divided into five comprehensive parts, this reliable resource examines our country’s current financial situation from a historical perspective and addresses some of the alarming issues that many economists are currently pointing to with concern.

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With foreign-financed U.S. debt levels continuing to soar, an intensifying real estate bust, and other signs of economic exhaustion following one of the longest booms in history, the probability of a dollar crash is now openly talked about in financial circles. Yet gold—the ultimate escape from financial risk throughout human history—remains one of the least-owned financial assets, representing less than 2% of the typical investment portfolio.

Pushing aside Wall Street's perennial aversion to gold, in Buy Gold Now, investment expert Shayne McGuire skillfully reveals why the opportunity to profit from this precious metal, as well as protect yourself from risk, has rarely been better. Long forgotten, the 2,300% gold surge in the 1970s—when debt was one-tenth the level present in our economy today—is a return not even the 1990s NASDAQ could beat.
Masterfully researched and written in a straightforward style, Buy Gold Now makes a case for buying gold as protection against the rising risks of an unprecedented global currency crisis and as a profitable investment vehicle. It examines the country's current financial situation from a historical perspective, addressing some of the alarming issues that many economists today are pointing to with concern.

Divided into five comprehensive parts, this reliable resource opens with detailed discussions of:
Why U.S. financial risk has never been higher
How our homes are the epicenter of U.S. economic risk
Why the longest economic boom ever is probably coming to an end
Keeping these and other issues in mind, the final two parts of the book—The Case for Owning Gold and How to Buy Gold—outline the advantages and disadvantages of this essential asset in securing future wealth and protecting your portfolio during precariouseconomic times.

Here, you'll receive specific recommendations regarding stock market investments via mining stocks and exchange-traded funds, and discover the best ways to invest in physical gold through bullion, "digital gold currency," and rare coins.
Filled with in-depth insights from some of the world's leading financial professionals, The book Buy Gold Now explains why gold isn't just a defensive purchase anymore, but an investment that can outperform the markets for many years to come.

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Reading Books will Helps for Self improvment

There are plenty of problems that revolve around us and trouble us during our life cycle. The small problems like getting good results during our educational years, getting success in our profession life or even maintaining a good relation with our friends, relatives and partners affect us adversely.

People have constantly been gazing through the various sources to get rid of such problems. There are some Self-help books are meant to resolve such issues in our daily life and give us a happy and satisfied life. These Self-help books are specially designed by the professionals to make the life easier and happier. There are number of issues that a self-book may cover to gain success. How Does Self-help Help?Any self-help book will try to elaborate the ways of cutting down the problems and solving them.

The major task of self-help book is to provide you with the ways to get the things that you want in your life. They are a good source of information to create good control over life. It can also be used to eliminate doubts, uncertainty, fear and worry that stop you to get the success in life.Some self-help books are meant for the health conscious people. These books generally provide you the means of getting rid of addictions like smoking and alcoholism. These books would help you in maintaining an addiction-free life and provide you with perfect health and perfect body conditions.

They can also include some tips to increase your energy levels that would eventually end up in providing maximum productivity.Some self-books are also designed to become wealthy by following certain tips. These books actually allow you to choose a business or profession that suits you the most. They also include the secrets behind the growth and achievement that is required to max life. Some self-help book are specially created to help maintain positive relationships. These books help the people who are not good enough to carry out things that are needed for maintaining healthy relationships.

These books throw some essential light to get the attractions from the people and win their hearts. The main motive behind such books is to make then aware of the power of love in any kind of relations. Besides this, self-help book also gives valuable tips for exploring inner talents and virtues that may help in accomplishing difficult tasks in your life. Some self-books are also assigned to reveal the facts of divine power. Eventually, self-help books cover every essential aspect of our life.

Self-help book can offer you a life that is free from fear, anxiety, loneliness, stress, depression and insecurity etc.Essentially, self-help books can be termed as Bible that aims to improve self-awareness and performance. There are sources like bookstores and internet that offer some exciting and worthy self-help books.

Kite Runner a novel from the Afghanistan back ground.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who betrayed his best friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant but lives in regret. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.

Amir, a well-to-do Pashtun boy, and Hassan, a Hazara and the son of Amir's father's servant, Ali, spend their days in a peaceful Kabul, kite fighting, roaming the streets and being boys. Amir’s father (who is generally referred to as Baba, "daddy", throughout the book) loves both the boys, but seems critical of Amir for not being manly enough. Amir also fears his father blames him for his mother’s death during childbirth. However, he has a kind father figure in the form of Rahim Khan, Baba’s friend, who understands Amir better, and is supportive of his interest in writing stories.

Assef, a notoriously mean and violent older boy with sadistic tendencies, blames Amir for socializing with a Hazara, which is, according to Assef, an inferior race that should only live in Hazarajat. He prepares to attack Amir with his brass knuckles, but Hassan bravely stands up to him, threatening to shoot out Assef's left eye with his slingshot. Assef and his henchmen back off, but Assef says he will take revenge.

Hassan is a successful "kite runner" for Amir, knowing where the kite will land without even watching it. One triumphant day, Amir wins the local tournament, and finally Baba's praise. Hassan goes to run the last cut kite, a great trophy, for Amir saying "For you, a thousand times over." Unfortunately, Hassan runs into Assef and his two henchmen. Hassan refuses to give up Amir's kite, so Assef exacts his revenge, assaulting and raping him. Wondering why Hassan is taking so long, Amir searches for Hassan and hides when he hears Assef's voice. He witnesses the rape but is too scared to help him. Afterwards, for some time Hassan and Amir keep a distance from each other. Amir reacts indifferently because he feels ashamed, and is frustrated by Hassan's saint-like behavior. Already jealous of Baba's love for Hassan, he worries if Baba knew how bravely Hassan defended Amir's kite, and how cowardly Amir acted, that Baba's love for Hassan would grow even more.

To force Hassan to leave, Amir frames him as a thief, and Hassan falsely confesses. Baba forgives him, despite the fact that, as he explained earlier, he believes that "there is no act more wretched than stealing." Hassan and his father Ali, to Baba's extreme sorrow, leave anyway. Hassan's departure frees Amir of the daily reminder of his cowardice and betrayal, but he still lives in their shadow and his guilt.

Five years later, the Russians invade Afghanistan; Amir and Baba escape to Peshawar, Pakistan and then to Fremont, California, where Amir and Baba, who lived in luxury in an expansive mansion in Afghanistan, settle in a run-down apartment and Baba begins work at a gas station. Amir eventually takes classes at a local community college to develop his writing skills. Every Sunday, Baba and Amir make extra money selling used goods at a flea market in San Jose. There, Amir meets fellow refugee Soraya Taheri and her family; Soraya's father, who was a high-ranking officer in Afghanistan, has contempt of Amir's literary aspiration. Baba is diagnosed with terminal oat cell carcinoma but is still capable of granting Amir one last favor: he asks Soraya's father's permission for Amir to marry her. He agrees and the two marry. Shortly thereafter Baba dies. Amir and Soraya learn that they cannot have children.

Amir embarks on a successful career as a novelist. Fifteen years after his wedding, Amir receives a call from Rahim Khan, who is dying from an illness. Rahim Khan asks Amir to come to Pakistan. He enigmatically tells Amir "there is a way to be good again." Amir goes.
From Rahim Khan, Amir learns the fates of Ali and Hassan. Ali was killed by a land mine. Hassan had a wife and a son, named Sohrab, and had returned to Baba’s house as a caretaker at Rahim Khan’s request. One day the Taliban ordered him to give it up and leave, but he refused, and was murdered, along with his wife. Rahim Khan reveals that Ali was not really Hassan's father. Hassan was actually the son of Baba, therefore Amir's half-brother. Finally, Rahim Khan tells Amir that the true reason he has called Amir to Pakistan is to go to Kabul to rescue Hassan's son, Sohrab, from an orphanage.

Amir returns to Taliban-controlled Kabul with a guide, Farid, and searches for Sohrab at the orphanage. In order to enter Taliban territory, Amir, who is normally clean shaven, dons a fake beard and moustache, because otherwise the Taliban would exact Sharia punishment against him. However, he does not find Sohrab where he was supposed to be: the director of the orphanage tells them that a Taliban official comes often, brings cash and usually takes a girl back with him. Once in a while however, he takes a boy, recently Sohrab. The director tells Amir to go to a soccer match and the man wearing the John Lennon glasses is the man who took Sohrab. Farid manages to secure an appointment with the speaker at his home, by saying that he and Amir have "personal business" with him.

At the house, Amir has his meeting with the man in sunglasses who says the man who does the speeches is not available, due to the fact that he is participating in wrongful acts of adultery. The man in sunglasses is eventually revealed to be his childhood nemesis, Assef. Assef is aware of Amir's identity from the very beginning, but Amir doesn't realize who he's sitting across from until Assef starts asking about Ali, Baba and Hassan. Sohrab is being kept at the home where he is made to dance dressed in women's clothes, and it seems Assef might have been sexually assaulting him. (Sohrab later says, "I'm so dirty and full of sin. The bad man and the other two did things to me.") Assef agrees to relinquish him, but only for a price - cruelly beating Amir. However, Amir is saved when Sohrab uses his slingshot to shoot out Assef's left eye, fulfilling the threat his father had made many years before.

Amir tells Sohrab of his plans to take him back to America and possibly adopt him, and promises that he will never be sent to an orphanage again. After almost having to break that promise (after decades of war, paperwork documenting Sohrab's orphan status, as demanded by the US authorities, is impossible to get) and Sohrab attempting suicide, Amir manages to take him back to the United States and introduces him to his wife. However, Sohrab is emotionally damaged and refuses to speak or even glance at Soraya. This continues until his frozen emotions are thawed when Amir reminisces about his father, Hassan, while kite flying. Amir shows off some of Hassan’s tricks, and Sohrab begins to interact with Amir again. In the end Sohrab only shows a lopsided smile, but Amir takes to it with all his heart as he runs the kite for Sohrab, saying, "For you, a thousand times over."

Rich Dad, Poor Dad a book on financial freedom.

Rich Dad Poor Dad a book on financial freedom by Robert Kiyosaki. I read this book and realised that such a great book came on very simple language and common jargaons. In my openion every one must read this book.

The book is the story of a person who is the narrator and author Mr Robert T Kiyosaki, who has two fathers: the first was his biological father – the poor dad - and the other was the father of his childhood best friend, Mike – the rich dad. Both fathers taught the author how to achieve success but with very disparate approaches. It became evident to the author which father's approach made more financial sense. Throughout the book, the author compares both fathers – their principles, ideas, financial practices, and degree of dynamism and how his real father, the poor and struggling but highly educated man, paled against his rich dad in terms of asset building and business acumen.
The author compares his poor dad to those people who are perpetually scampering in the Rat Race, helplessly trapped in a vicious cycle of needing more but never able to satisfy their dreams for wealth because of one glaring lack: financial literacy. They spend so much time in school learning about the problems of the world, but have not acquired any valuable lessons about money, simply because it is never taught in school. His rich dad, by contrast, represents the independently wealthy core of society who deliberately takes advantage of the power of corporations and their personal knowledge of tax and accounting (or that of their financial advisers) which they manipulate to their advantage.
The book’s theme reduces to two fundamental concepts: a can-do attitude and fearless entrepreneurship. The author highlights these two concepts by providing multiple examples for each and focusing on the need for financial literacy, how the power of corporations contribute to making the wealthy even wealthier, minding your own business, overcoming obstacles by not fostering laziness, fear, cynicism and other negative attitudes, and recognizing the characteristics of humans and how their preconceived notions and upbringing hamper their financial freedom goals.
The author presents six major lessons which he discusses throughout the book:
The rich don’t work for money
The importance of financial literacy
Minding Your own business
Taxes and corporations
The rich invent money
The need to work to learn and not to work for money

Reading in present days - is it in good trend?

"Reading in present days - is it in good trend?" This is the million dollar question for the present writers and publishers. It is evident that the population is increasing day by day but the books publication is going on decreasing why? All of us knows very well. The reading habbits are becoming thinner in the present busy and cosmic world. Voluntary reading rates are dropping - reading skills are "worsening" among teens - adults are becoming less proficient readers.

People who's life is all about books and reading. It is the trend that we have to download the pages from the net and read. One way it is an advantage for the booklovers to get the books they want on a single click but is it convenient to read on the desktop is also a burning issue of the book lovers. On the other hand we have to read most of the unwanted stuff on the net for getting an useful information. Books will improve the knowledge and culture of the people more importantly, on the development of young minds and young readers.

The present world is reading much more than the preceders but what stuff they are reading? Email, Web Sites, Blogs, Instant Messaging, and Social Networks have created an explosion of words and creativity. The percentage of the required information from these stuff is it worth to read them? This is the time to think as the time is the only unreclycled resource for the people.

Look around any Starbucks and count the number of people typing on laptops, PDAs and cellphones. Count those reading newspapers. If they are not reading, what exactly are they doing? My email, RSS feeds and blogs provide me with more reading material in one day than it used to get in an entire month. It could say that this is all work related and not in any sense voluntary.

Everyday, people online follow links that take them to very strange places. It is so easy to intrigued with some weird factoid and go off on a reading tangent totally unrelated to anything! They are making new friends online within seconds. Is this friendship is true? I donot say againt net friendship may be one in thousands may be true and becomes true, but majority of these cases are false. They simply time pass. Is the time is that much useless to pass for an unproductive work? If any body looses a single penny they worries much why can't they bother for loosing a valuable time.

Electronic reading propels literacy and information to the next level. It takes a one dimensional object and adds to it participation, sound and movement to create a richer, multidimensional experience. I have always loved books; that is unlikely to change anytime soon. And yet, I find myself increasing feeling claustrophobic and impatient with print. It has been a long time since I picked up a magazine or newspaper.

Consciously, or unconsciously, we are all in the process of examining and redefining how and why we read. Books are good friends because they always with you, they doesn't even ask you to offer cool drink, pizza. By reading books one can enjoy the ultimate feeling they can take you to the rich himalayan atmosphere, sandy sahara decerts just in few moments without visa or passport and not buying any ticket.

Education it only not built the students - Quality Education is.

Education is an essential need for the human beings just like food, cloths and shelter. Without education the children cannot growup as the personalities to contribute to the society and the self. But education means only study? The education without quality is no use.

An adequate educational evaluation enhances instruction. Just as evaluation impacts student learning and motivation, it also influences the nature of instruction in the classroom. There has been considerable recent literature that has promoted evaluation as something that is integrated with instruction. To her, when evaluation is integrated with instruction it informs teachers about what activities and assignments will be most useful, what level of teaching is most appropriate, and how summative evaluations provide diagnostic information.

For instance, during instruction activities informal, formative evaluation helps teachers know when to move on, when to ask more questions, when to give more examples, and what responses to student questions are most appropriate. Standardized test scores, when used appropriately, help teachers understand student strengths and weaknesses to target further instruction. Good assessment is valid and considers validity as a concept that needs to be fully understood.

Like reliability, there are technical terms and issues associated with validity that are essential in helping teachers and administrators make reasonable and appropriate inferences from evaluation results (e.g., types of validity evidence, validity generalization, construct underrepresentation, construct-irrelevant variance, and discriminant and convergent evidence). Both intended and unintended consequences of evaluation need to be examined with appropriate evidence that supports particular arguments or points of view.

Of equal importance is getting teachers and administrators to understand their role in gathering and interpreting validity evidence. Good evaluation is fair and ethical and there are four views of fairness: as absence of bias (e.g., offensiveness and unfair penalization), as equitable treatment, as equality in outcomes, and as opportunity to learn. It includes entire chapters on the rights and responsibilities of test takers, testing individuals of diverse linguistic backgrounds, and testing individuals with disabilities or special needs.

According to his text, there are also three additional areas characterized as also important: - Student knowledge of learning targets and the nature of the evaluations prior to instruction (e.g., knowing what will be tested, how it will be graded, scoring criteria, anchors, exemplars, and examples of performance). - Student prerequisite knowledge and skills, including test-taking skills. - Avoiding stereotypes. Evaluation that is fair, leading to valid inferences with a minimum of error, is a series of measures that show student understanding through multiple methods. A complete picture of what students understand and can do is put together in pieces comprised by different approaches to evaluation.

While testing experts and testing companies stress that important decisions should not be made on the basis of a single test score, some educators at the local level, and some (many?) politicians at the state at the national level, seem determined to violate this principle. There is a need to understand the entire range of evaluation techniques and methods, with the realization that each has limitations. Good evaluation is efficient and feasible. Teachers and school administrators have limited time and resources. Consideration must be given to the efficiency of different approaches to evaluation, balancing needs to implement methods required to provide a full understanding with the time needed to develop and implement the methods, and score results. Teacher skills and knowledge are important to consider, as well as the level of support and resources.

We may consider a lot the importance in the fact of good evaluation appropriately incorporates technology. As technology advances and teachers become more proficient in the use of technology, there will be increased opportunities for teachers and administrators to use computer-based techniques (e.g., item banks, electronic grading, computer-adapted testing, computer-based simulations), Internet resources, and more complex, detailed ways of reporting results. There is to him, however, a danger that technology will contribute to the mindless use of new resources, such as using items on-line developed by some companies without adequate evidence of reliability, validity, and fairness, and crunching numbers with software programs without sufficient thought about weighting, error, and averaging.

To summarize, what is most essential about evaluation is understanding how general, fundamental evaluation principles and ideas can be used to enhance student learning and teacher effectiveness. This will be achieved as teachers and administrators learn about conceptual and technical evaluation concepts, methods, and procedures, for both large-scale and classroom evaluations, and apply these fundamentals to instruction.

Home and School lays learning track for the children

THE HOME-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP:

From the moment of birth, a child begins to learn. Parents or other primary caregivers are not only a child’s first teachers; they may be the most important teachers a child will ever have. Children learn much in their first few years of life, and once they begin school, their home life strongly affect their school performance. A recent study found that parents make a significant difference in a child’s school achievement.

Most adults feel that it is harder to be a parent today, and they consider it particularly difficult to find sufficient time to spend with their children. Nevertheless, parents want the best for their youngsters. They are concerned about preparing them for their school years, and they want to share in their day-to-day school experiences by providing support in the home for schoolwork.

THE HOME ENVIRONMENT:

When teachers across the nation were asked in a survey about what would help improve American education, their overwhelming response was that they could do their best job educating children who were sent to school in good physical condition and with positive mental attitudes towards learning.

Children need adequate food, clothing, and shelter to be physically fit to learn. It is equally important for children to develop a sense of self-worth. Children who feel good about themselves are better able to learn. Their self-esteem comes from knowing that they are valued members of the family and that they have the loving support and understanding of family members. Allowing children freedom and independence within consistent limits; providing just enough supervision and guidance for their protection; and rewarding their efforts with praise and encouragement are all ways by which children learn that they are loved and respected for who they are.

Given this kind of atmosphere in which to grow, children also need a few key learning experiences. There are at least two things parents can do that will help children be successful in school-reading to them, daily if possible, and talking with them as you share time together.

Educational studies have shown the children who are read to on a regular basis come to school ready to learn to read and that they experience fewer difficulties mastering the at of reading. Fortunately, children’s books are readily available. Inexpensive books for young children can be purchased at bookstore sales and in supermarket and discount stores. They can be picked up for a few coins at tag sales. Local public libraries contain shelves full of wonderful fiction and nonfiction books for children of all ages, free to anyone with a library card. School age children are able to buy books at discounted prices at schools book fairs, and teachers often encourage book sharing by providing time for youngsters to trade favorite books with their classmates. Children of any age love to be read to, and they should be encouraged to participate actively in the reading experience.

Talk with children about what they are reading. Ask them about what is taking place in the story and what they think will happen next. Have them find things in the illustrations that are named in the story. Encourage them o ask questions. Praise them when they ‘read’ to you from a favorite book they have heard May, many times. Demonstrate to children that you enjoy reading, too. Let them see you enjoying a book, magazine, or news paper in your leisure moments. A few minutes a day spent with children and a book can make a substantial difference to their success in school.

Talking with children is another essential learning experience. Telling stories, explaining the steps you use in preparing a meal or fixing a faucet, playing word games, posing riddles, and singing songs are just a few meaningful ways to communicate with youngsters. Encourage your children to talk to you. Show your interest in the questions they raise. Help them work out solutions to problems verbally.

Take the time to listen when they are eager to share an experience or a feeling. By learning how to use language to communicate wit others, children build a speaking and listening vocabulary that will form the foundation for learning to read and write.

In addition to reading to and talking with children parents should try to provide, as much as they are able, a wide variety of experiences for their children. Taking tem for walks around the neighborhood and stopping in at local businesses, parks, playgrounds, and libraries are free activities that offer fruitful opportunities for talking and earning. Trips to museums, zoos, athletic events, and concerts have obvious benefits in broadening children’s interests and knowledge.

By participating actively in your children’s learning experiences, you will earn their preferences, interests, strengths, and weaknesses. You will then be better prepared to provide the successful experiences at home that will give them the confidence they need to meet the challenges of school.

PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOL:

Once children are in school, they find that their learning becomes more regimented. Parents and caregivers often discover that schools today are very different from the schools they attended. They are not sure about what the school expects or what actually goes on in the classroom. Some parents come to believe that their children’s education is now out of their hands and should be left to the professionals.

Research, however, documents that children do best in school when parents view themselves as being in charge of their children’s education. Parental involvement has proven to be more important to children’s success in school than family income or level of education. Most educators realize that well-informed parents can be strong supporters and allies in the work they do. They are reaching out more frequently to involve parents in the school and its activities.

Parents demonstrate that they think education is valuable when they continually share their children’s school experiences. Getting to know your youngster’s teachers is of primary importance. What do they expect of their students? Do children in their classrooms spend some of their time at their desks listening and completing teacher-directed activities? Are students expected to take responsibility for their own learning for part of the day, moving around the room, choosing from a variety of activities to work on individually or cooperatively with other children? Are students required to learn facts for tests as well as solve problems requiring critical thinking? Do their teachers evaluate the progress of students by keeping a portfolio of their work? Knowing what is required of your children will enable you to offer the most effective support.

Schools recognize the need for good home school communication and most schools use parents teacher conferences and written reports as a means of reporting on children’s progress. Because of working hours and other responsibilities, parts or other caregivers sometimes find it difficult to deep in touch with teachers or to attend school functions when that is the case, it is important that some other key family member make the contact or attend the meeting.

When you miss teacher conferences or school functions, you are sending your children the message that school matters may not be important enough to take some of your time and concern. When the efforts is made to be in regular contact with teachers and administrators, you signal your children that school and schoolwork are important and serious business for both of you. Increasingly, schools well come parents participation in other school activities. Many moms and dads, and grand parents, too, perform valuable services as classroom assistants and volunteer tutors or become active in parent-advisory or PTO groups.

HOW IMPORTANT IS HOMEWORK:

Teachers typically assign homework to their students. But without guidance from their parents, children may find it difficult to organize their after-school time in order to complete the assignments. How important is homework? What can parents do to help children get over the homework hurdle?

Studies show that doing homework regularly and conscientiously helps raise student achievement. Teachers recognize the importance of homework in helping students become independent learners. Talk to teachers early in the school year to find out what, in general, the homework requirements will be for your children.
Work together with your children to set up ground rules that will promote good study habits.

First, agree on a regular time and place for study, one that accommodates the needs of each child and the availability of a family helper, and be firm in ticking to it. Be ready to handle distractions-telephone calls, a turned-on TV set. Interference from brothers and sisters. Help your children get started each day by making sure they understand what they are supposed to do for their assignments and that they have the materials they need. Do not do the homework for your children, but be ready to assist when they ask for help.

Many parents, especially when younger children are involved, check completed assignments to make sure a child has not misunderstood the work. This can prevent embarrassment for youngsters and will enable you to alert the teachers to possible problems they may be having in learning the material.

Homework can help your children become better students with good study habits and keep you informed about their work in classes.