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We believe in the extraordinary importance of learning and teaching, both as these processes take place between our students and their tutors and as they evolve within our profession. Read on to learn more about what is happening in our tutoring sessions, in the most current education research, and in our communities—both within and beyond the Hayutin family.
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A Tale from the Sandwich Generation: Parenting Your Parent
November 2nd, 2024
November is National Alzheimer's Awareness Month. In this month's blog, Amy discusses her experience in the Sandwich Generation and her mother's dementia. She also shares resources to support families in a similar place.
Posted in: Featured, Parenting TipsSchools Versus Smartphones: The Epic Battle Rages On
September 18th, 2024
Join Matthew Hayutin as he explores the battle between schools and smartphones in this month's blog.
Posted in: Featured, Parenting TipsWhy I Set My New Year's Resolutions in February This Year
February 16th, 2024
In this blog, Hunja Koimburi explores why some people's New Year's resolutions tend to fizzle out around this time of year.
How to Explain Neuropsych Testing Results to Kids
January 30th, 2024
In this blog, Courtney Wittner shares tips on how to discuss neuropsych evaluations with your child.
Why We Procrastinate and How to Stop
December 13th, 2023
Who hasn't struggled with procrastination? In this blog, Hunja Koimburi dives into procrastination, why we do it, and how to stop it.
To test or not to test?
November 21st, 2023
If you and your teen are considering colleges, we now need to answer the question: to test or not to test? Tune into the Child Nexus podcast with Hayutin's Director of Independent Study, Annika Guy, as they discuss this ever changing landscape.
Never Enough: A Book Review and Call for Self-Reflection
October 12th, 2023
Amy Hayutin Contreras reviews a new book about toxic achievement culture and offers self-reflection on parenting.
Posted in: Featured, Parenting TipsYour Parental Battle with Tech
September 26th, 2023
Matthew Hayutin shares some thoughts and solidarity with parents fighting the good tech fight.
Posted in: Featured, Parenting TipsIn Honor of Boys
May 24th, 2023
Nat Damon is a lifelong educator with a storied career of leadership as an administrator and teacher at myriad independent day schools. In his latest career chapter as a dedicated educator of adolescent boys, Nat is in a unique position to share why the educational and emotional future of our boys deserves everyone’s attention.
Posted in: Colleague Spotlight, Parenting TipsChatGPT: Seeing Beyond the Hype and Hysteria
April 11th, 2023
Hunja Koimburi discusses ChatGPT's potential impact on education.
Don't Write Handwriting Off Just Yet
February 25th, 2023
Jakell Bell shares the benefits of handwriting and why she chooses to write her task list and self-reflection journal by hand.
Posted in: Parenting TipsParenting in the Trenches: Why Sometimes Helping Less is Helping More
January 30th, 2023
Jordan Castleberry shares her experience letting her young children struggle as they learn new skills.
Posted in: Parenting TipsThanksgiving Activities
November 22nd, 2022
Katie Grantham shares Thanksgiving activities for children to enjoy during their holiday break.
Posted in: Parenting TipsWhen your child struggles with the transition to college and early adulthood
October 18th, 2022
Amy Hayutin-Contreras shares tips to promote autonomy for a successful transition to college and young adulthood.
Calling All Early Birds and Data Hounds: Recent Trends in College Admissions
October 12th, 2022
Matthew Hayutin shares data from Big J Consulting about early admissions trends.
Is Your Student Ready for Executive Function Coaching? Timing is (Almost) Everything
September 2nd, 2022
Courtney Wittner discusses executive function coaching, the tricky timing of emotional buy-in and why the right coach at the right time matters most.
Hayutin's Top Planner Picks
September 1st, 2022
Annika Guy shares our top digital and paper planners to help students keep track of assignments, study tasks and extracurriculars.
Young Adult with Developing Knowledge of Self Seeks Dream Job
July 21st, 2022
Diane Geller shares insights about how self-discovery helps young adults plan a promising career path.
Posted in: Colleague Spotlight, Parenting TipsRearview Mirror Musings
June 23rd, 2022
Annika Guy flags some of the key signs when it might be time to change an academic support plan.
Reflections on Parenting my Autistic Son
April 14th, 2022
Hunja Koimburi reflects on his parenting journey and how he has grown since his son's autism diagnosis.
Posted in: Learning Differences, Parenting TipsDeep Reading in the Media Shallows
March 15th, 2022
What happens to our brains when we hold screens instead of books in our hands? It’s been two years since we transitioned our lives to the zoomisphere. And most of us left some critical cargo behind: physical books.
What is the impact of reading most or all of our content on screens? Are today’s students retaining or processing less?
Posted in: Virtual Learning, Parenting TipsWill the Kids Be Alright?
February 2nd, 2022
The kids will definitely be alright. Just not yet.
It’s in the space of the Not Yet where we need to spend more time. To help the children the most, it's time to talk more about what’s happened to us all on the inside. And what’s still happening.
Posted in: Parenting TipsAnnouncing the Hayu Podcast
December 1st, 2021
Matthew Hayutin launches the Hayu podcast and sits down with prominent thinkers working in education, parenting, and psychology.
The Screen Time Summer Dilemma: In Search of the Escape Button
May 13th, 2021
This is a judgement free zone. Pandemic parenting taxes us in new and horrifying ways. So when we talk about screens, know that it comes from a place of empathy and support.
Posted in: Virtual Learning, Parenting TipsThe Sound of Silence: How Active Listening Can Save the World
December 4th, 2020
Many of us have never heard of Edward Harkness, a philanthropist still lauded for financing one school’s institutional commitment to active...
Posted in: Parenting TipsREADY, SET: FAMILY SYSTEMS CHECK ✓
October 23rd, 2020
Parenting has always been hard...in the best of times. In this brave new world of ours, we are flexing our muscles to adapt, attempting a growth...
Posted in: Parenting TipsFinding Joy During Difficult Times
July 28th, 2020
Now more than ever, finding joy in our daily experiences may improve our quality of life and may maintain and enhance one's mental health. As many people are mired in...
Posted in: Parenting TipsTips for Establishing Household Screen Time Boundaries
January 23rd, 2020
If you are like me, you often want to throw all of the devices into the Pacific and go raise your children on a farm. But realistically, we cannot protect our children from the hazards of the internet and social media forever.
Posted in: Parenting TipsScreen Time’s Impact on Neurological Development
December 9th, 2019
Students are required to be online around the clock to complete and manage assignments, study, and keep up with social obligations. So it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that new research from the Common Sense Census reports that screen time has doubled since the 1990s.
Posted in: Parenting TipsThe Troubled Waters of Social Media
November 14th, 2019
It's time to evaluate the way we think about social media use for ourselves and our children. Dr. Melissa Johnson, psychologist, and her colleagues at the Institute for Girls’ Development in Pasadena, CA, are leaders in this conversation. At a recent event for parents, we learned some critical tips about how to help our families navigate the notoriously rough seas of social media.
Posted in: Parenting TipsNeurological Nourishment: The Healthy Mind Platter Approach
September 4th, 2019
In recent years, leaders in neuropsychology have been touting the concept of the Healthy Mind Platter devised by Daniel Siegel, Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute and Clinical Professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, and David Rock, Director of the NeuroLeadership Institute.
Posted in: Parenting TipsAllowance: Fiscal Responsibility or Incentive?
July 3rd, 2019
Are you a star chart, allowance, or rewards system family? While some families choose to use rewards systems in elementary and middle school, others start issuing a more formal allowance early on.
Posted in: Parenting TipsTreating ADHD & Anxiety: A Clinical Pitfall
June 20th, 2019
Why are so many neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists seeing such a spike in anxiety disorders and general anxiety among the children, adolescents and young adults who come calling?
Posted in: Parenting TipsLeveraging Advances in Neuroscience to Help Our Kids
May 2nd, 2019
Neuroplasticity, the concept that brains can change, represents the most important advance in brain research over the past two decades. Carol Dweck’s research at Stanford on growth mindset is well worth a read.
Posted in: Parenting TipsOne Westside Parent’s Take-away from the College Admissions Scandal
April 3rd, 2019
What we can learn to improve our own parenting in today’s highly competitive world…
Posted in: Parenting Tips
