The Parent-Teacher Project

No matter their age, friendships are an important and formative influence on your growing son. How can you help them make good friendships? Friendships that are built on values, experiences and empathy rather than text messages and TikTok?

Alvaro de Vicente has had more than 20 years experience teaching and mentoring at The Heights School in Maryland, USA. The boys school strives to assist parents in the intellectual, moral, physical and spiritual education of their sons. With his ear to the ground, working closely with students, parents and teachers, Alvaro shares in this episode a number of thoughts to take away and apply to your home or classroom when it comes to raising your son, or teaching your students.

You don't want to miss:

• Three benefits of good friendships for your child

• The role you play in the confidence of your son

• How to manage when social media replaces real friendships

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope With the Crisis in Childrearing by Robert Evans

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Does a parent-teacher partnership sound like extra work to you? James Ramos, a teacher at Redfield College for more than 20 years and current Head of Primary, explains why consistent communication with your child's school is the best way to establish good habits and foster academic success at home and at school

You don't want to miss:

• How to help your child reach their goals faster

• Strengthening parent-teacher partnerships during adversity

• How to instill good character in your child from an early age

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Injuries in sport can be challenging for your kids, especially when it slows down progress or gets in the way of reaching personal goals. But what if your child could find the value in setbacks, and use it to make them better athletes and students.

Experiencing setbacks earlier in life can actually help your child deal with future challenges better. Marvin Fidel, former Redfield student in the graduating class of 2014, shares his personal story of disappointment due to injury in sport. Following his injury Marvin discovered his motivation to succeed doubled, and the process of overcoming that hurdle has since helped him in many of life's difficulties.

Now as a teacher teaching sports to secondary students, Marvin hopes his students find patience, motivation and determination in the midst of a challenge.

You don't want to miss:

• How to teach your child to look at the bright side of life instead of its burdens
• Why parents shouldn't make excuses for their child's losses
• The difference between accepting defeat and understanding defeat

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Is technology replacing quality time with your son?

Growing up today is different to how most of us remember. Technology and its demands on our children are creating new ways to connect, but more ways to feel disconnected.

Trent Thomas, Mathematics teacher and Director of Formation at Redfield College, discusses how to build trust, make room for quality time and handle technology with your son in this episode. A father himself, Trent shares some tips he's learned along the way to keep up with the world your son is growing up in and stay relevant to your son and his education.

Today's attraction to technology, exposed to children at ages far earlier than before, poses a risk to father-son relationships, dedication to study and nurturing talents in young boys.

This episode will give you an insight into understanding your child's perspective, cultivating a healthy use of time on technology at home, and keeping the important things in focus for your child during their most critical years as a student.

You don't want to miss:

• Learn what a good Father/Son relationship looks like between you and your teenager
• How to deal with the demands of technology on your children's generation, by working with technology rather than against it
• How to help your child cultivate their talents with discipline, accountability and the help of their teachers

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Is your daughter considering signing up to a sport this term? OR Not convinced that your daughter needs to add sport into her co-curricular activities this year?

In this episode school teacher Fleur Tropea makes the case for ensuring your daughter participates in sport especially from an early age. As a Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) teacher and Welfare Coordinator, Fleur sheds light on the often overlooked character traits sportsmanship can reveal and strategies it can nurture in girls.

Fleur has observed the immediate benefits her compulsory sport program has not only on a physical level, but a social, mental and emotional level for her students.

Listen to Fleur speak about why you should encourage your daughter to participate in sport during school, and its positive impact on your child's development.

You don't want to miss:

• Learn about the benefits sport has for your child's social development (from resilience to detachment from technology)
• Reducing the risk of lifestyle diseases in your students
• The importance of perseverance in sports for parents and children
• How to be a good parent from the sidelines
• Choosing recreational or competitive sports for your child

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Are you wondering where you fit in when it comes to your child's education?

Dr. Andrew Mullins shares stories and resources in this conversation about why you need to play a key role in your child's education. As a former Headmaster, Dr. Mullins' extensive years of teaching and mentoring supports this notion that instilling the same values at home and at school influences a child's character.

You don't want to miss:

• Thinking about the qualities of character you want for your child and how to achieve them with the help of teachers
• How teachers can focus on addressing the academic needs of students today.

Links and resources mentioned in this episode:

• Parenting for Character: Equipping your child for life by Andrew Mullins
• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol S. Dweck
• How to Really Love Your Teenager by D. Ross Campbell
• Fathering from the Fast Lane: Practical Ideas for Busy Dads by Bruce Robinson

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