>Ridgewood Schools: Tony Orsini has more parenting tips for us
Mr Orsini has more parenting tips for us. Apparently, he thinks that without him Ridgewood families would not function. We now have dinner prompts to help move the conversation along.
“We had grade level assemblies today and I gave the students some homework.
Last year our student council leaders went to a conference and hear Keith
Hawkins speak.
He challenged students to change the dynamic of communication about school
with their parents, and gave them three questions to ask their parents.
I have asked them to ask you the following:
1. Who did you help today? (An easy question to answer for parent, not
always as easy for Tony Orsini to answer)
2. How did you work hard today? (Another slam dunk for parents to answer)
3. How did you have fun today? (An easy question for the kids to answer, and
I hope all our adults as well)
I am hoping that these three questions can become part of the regular
rhetoric at home, replacing what I usually ask my own daughter, which is
simply “how was your day?” or “what did you learn today?”
I hope everyone has a great school year!
– Tony Orsini
