Chapter 14 - Health Promotion of the School-Age Child and Family [Wong's Essentials Questions

What should the nurse include when giving parents guidelines about helping their children in school? Help children as much as possible with their homework. Punish children who fail to perform adequately. Communicate with teachers if there appears to be a problem. Accept responsibility for children's successes and failures. - Communicate with teachers if there appears to be a problem. Parents should communicate with teachers if there is a problem and not wait for a scheduled conference. Parent involvement is one factor in children's success in school. Children need to do their own homework. This cultivates responsibility. Discipline should be used to help children control behaviors that might be affecting school performance, but failure to perform adequately should not be punished itself. Communicating with the child is a better solution to getting to the "root" of the school performance problem. School-age children need to develop responsibility. Keeping promises and meeting deadlines lays a successful foundation for adulthood and adult responsibilities. A 10-year-old child is riding a bicycle on the grounds of the school. Which finding if