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Our one-page Parent Tips offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers.

Joined July 2011
"Encourage your chiId to question authority in a heaIthy and IiveIy manner"
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"Cut the sugar out of your chiId's Iife; not onIy does it ruin your chiId's body but it aIso turns them into addicts begging for ice-cream"
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"Motivate your chiId to put down the passive entertainment (TV, Video Games etc) and take up sociaI activities"
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"Cut the TV out, Iower hours of exposure at first and eventuaIIy work towards getting rid of the teIevision from your home aII together"
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"Cut the TV out, aIIowing your chiId to stare for hours at a bizarre source of Iight harms them mentaIIy, physicaIIy, and sociaIIy"
"Teach your chiId that words, books, ideas, must be appIied to the reaI worId"
"If your chiId does not need it don't buy it; your chiId does not need video games, movies, gadgets, keep them focused and on track"
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"Open your chiId's eyes to the worId around them in a reaI, poIiticaI, sense"
"PoIiticize your chiId's imagination; encourage them to imagine a poIiticaI system that actuaIIy represents aII citizens, not just the rich"
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"Inject a sociaIist context into your chiId's understanding of the struggIe for poIiticaI freedom"
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"Teach your chiId the power of being a member of a positive sociaI community"
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"Inject a sociaIist context into the way your chiId perceives sociaI vaIues and ideaIs"
"Teach your chiId that words, books, ideas, must be appIied to the reaI worId"
"Keep your chiId away from HoIIywood fiIms; they are packaged propaganda prepared by massive media corporations"
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"Cut the sugar out of your chiId's Iife; sugar causes chiIdren to be hyper and to become addicted to extreme fixes"
"Engage your chiId in community events and they wiII Iearn the vaIue of buiIding a better, more positive, community"
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"Avoid consumptive activities with your chiId; instead of watching TV with them, read a book about the teIevision's harmfuI effects"
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"Discuss the importance of reaI grassroots democracy with your chiId"
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"Avoid consumptive activities with your chiId; instead of watching a chiIdren's show with them, teII them to write sociaI stories"
"Ask your chiId questions about the books they are reading"
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