Educating Children in Military Families + Helping Kids Find Internal Motivation

Cindy Simerly, VP of Fund Develoedment, Military Child Education Coalition. @MilitaryChild ‏- Instagram: militarychild_mcec [raw] Topic: Educational challenges faced by children in military families. Issues: How deployments and frequent PCS moves affect children; working with civilian schools to help them understand the needs of military kids; helping parents help their children; peer-to-peer support; scholarships; and much more. Ned Johnson, co-author of The Self-Driven Child. @TestPrepGeek Topic: The science and sense of giving your kids more control over their lives. Issues: Why a sense of control is such a big deal; parents as consultants; kids as decision makers; how to help kids find a sense of control by finding your own; help kids develop inner motivation; the importance of downtime (including sleep); taming technology; exercising brain and body; taking the sense of control to school.