>> WELL, IT'S THE BIG DAY
TOMORROW FOR STUDENTS IN TWO
MORE OF OUR COUNTIES.
THIS WEEK OUR LAST THREE
COUNTIES REPORTED THE CLASSROOM
FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
DUVALL AND COLUMBIA ARE BACK IN
ACTION TOMORROW.
CLAY COUNTY STARTS TUESDAY.
THE PROSPECT OF A NEW SCHOOL
YEAR CAN BE NERVE WRACKING FOR
SOME KIDS.
JOINING ME NOW TO HELP OUT IS
JIM CLARK, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
DANIEL KIDS.
JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
>> PLEASURE.
>> THIS IS VERY TIMELY.
I'M DEALING WITH THIS IN MY
HOUSE.
WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT
PARENTS CAN BE DOING RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE IT IS DIFFICULT FOR
KIDS, WHO ARE IN THE SECOND,
THIRD, FOURTH GRADE, TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT TO DO GOING FORWARD.
>> ALL THE WAY UP TO TEENS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'D TELL
PARENTS.
ONE OF THE NEATEST WAYS TO GET
YOUR KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL IS TO
HAVE A FAMILY MEAL.
TODAY WOULD BE A GREAT DAY TO DO
IT.
THEY'RE GOING BACK ON TUESDAY,
THAT WOULD BE MONDAY WOULD BE A
GREAT DAY TO DO IT.
THEN CAN YOU KIND OF JUST HAVE A
CASUAL CONVERSATION, AND THERE
ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO.
WE USED TO PUT EVERYBODY'S NAME
IN AN ENVELOPE TWICE.
PULL THEM OUT AND SAY WHAT WAS
THE FUNEST THING THAT YOU DID
THIS YEAR.
I SAY THAT, TOO, BECAUSE A LOT
OF KIDS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
ASSIGNMENTS IS WHAT DID YOU DO
SHOULDDURING THE SUMMER.
IT'S WAY A TO GET THEM.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE USED TO
DO WHEN WE'RE SITTING DOWN WITH
OUR CHILDREN, IS TO TALK ABOUT
AND SET THE EXPECTATIONS.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GOING
TO EXPECT OUT OF YOU.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR ROUTINES.
GETTING ESTABLISHED AND TALKING
ABOUT AND SETTING THOSE RULES.
>> A BIG ONE I'M STRUGGLING WITH
IS SLEEP.
>> SLEEP.
>> BECAUSE THEY STAY UP LATER IN
THE SUMMER.
IT'S A REALITY.
THEY SLEEP IN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> WHAT ARE THING WEES CAN DO.
>> TO ESTABLISH ROUTINE.
WE KNOW THAT ELEMENTARY AGED
STUDENTS, ONE OF THE MOST THINGS
FOR THEM TO DO IS TO GET BETWEEN
10 TO 11 HOURS OF SLEEP.
WE KNOW FOR TEENAGERS, REALLY
BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10.
SLEEP IS VERY IMPORTANT THING.
IT DOES A LOT OF IN TERMS OF
REGENERATING THE BODY.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, TOO,
PARENTS NEED TO KNOW IS TO START
TO LESSEN THEIR ACTIVITIES AT
LEAST AN HOUR BEFORE THEY GO TO
BED.
THAT MEANS SCREEN TIME AS WELL.
THERE'S LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS AND
STUDIES ABOUT BLUE LIGHT AND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR THAT TO
NOT BE ON.
SO START TO CALM THE HOUSEHOLD
DOWN ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THEY
GO TO BED.
REALLY IMPORTANT THING.
THE OTHER THING TO HELP
EVERYBODY SETTLE DOWN IS PLAN
YOUR DAY.
PLAN YOUR EVENING.
GET THE BACK PACK READY AND THE
ENCLOSINGS LAID OUT SO THAT
YOU'RE NOT RUSHED.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A
GOOD MEAL -- BREAKFAST THAT
MORNING.
>> SO SCHOOL STARTS.
YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
HOW CLOSE DO YOU WANT TO BE WITH
THE TEACHER IN THE EARLY PART OF
THE SCHOOL YEAR?
>> ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT.
ONE OF THE THINGS I TELL PARENTS
IS THAT ALL TEACHERS ARE NOT
CREATED EQUAL.
AND THE SQUEAKY WHEEL WILL GET
THE GREASE.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
COMMUNICATE YOUR TEACHER.
AFTER TWO WEEKS IF YOU HAVEN'T
HEARD FROM THE TEACHER, YOU AS A
PARENT NEED TO CALL AND LET THEM
KNOW YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION.
THE OTHER THING WE KNOW, TOO, IS
THAT PARENTS WHO MONITOR
HOMEWORK CHILDREN DO BETTER.
JUST BECAUSE A CHILD SAYS I DID
IT IN SCHOOL OR DI IT IN STUDY
HALL, ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT YOU
MONITOR THAT BEHAVIOR.
AND IF -- AND STEP THAT REGULAR
HOMEWORK ROUTINE.
IF THEY'VE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK,
WELL IT'S READING TIME.
GIVE THEM A BOOK.
OR PARTICULARLY ONE THAT YOU'VE
READ YOURSELF SO YOU CAN START
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
BUT GETTING BACK INTO A ROUTINE,
MAKING SURE YOU COMMUNITY
INDICATE WITH THE SCHOOL IS
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
>> TIM CLARK WITH DANIEL KIDS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON.
GOOD TO KNOW FOR ALL OF US
PARENTS.
AND FOR ALL YOU NEED TO NO ABOUT
BACK TO SCHOOL HEAD OUR OUR
WEBSITE, news4jax.com.
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SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK TO ANY
GREAT.
-- GRADE.