Parent Resources

Websites Partnership for Learning

GreatSchools Washington www.pfl.greatschools.net
Provides parents with the information they need to support their children and improve schools. The website offers school profiles with demographic, test score and technology data. Enhanced school profiles, direct from the school’s principal, delve deeper into a school’s culture and highlight accomplishments, curriculum, special programs, community connections and activities.

Washington State PTA www.wastatepta.org

Parent Education The Art of Parenting Teens

“Life with your teenager is full of surprises, full of absurdity, full of the ridiculous. If you are serious, you will miss it all.” Judy Ford

Remember your own feelings as a teenager.
Choose power struggles wisely.
Try the playful approach.
Consider their point of view.
Carefully avoid embarrassing them.
Plant seeds of suggestion.
Have exciting conversations.
Negotiate, negotiate, negotiate.
Trust and trust again.
Remember, that teens are fragile, too.
Other resource information on teens is available in the PTSA office. Please contact one of the officers for help.