The Blog of P.U.R.E. and Sue Scheff

School is opening soon and parents are scrambling to get school supplies, uniforms books and other things needed to start off the school year.  There is one item you can't forget, that is yourself !   Parent involvement has a positive impact on their child's academic and social life in school.  It can be difficult with many single parent households or parents that are working more than one job to make ends meet, but your child's school should be high on your priority list. Even if you can only volunteer an hour a month, it makes a difference. Many think that parent involvement is focused around moms, don't be fooled !  Fathers are needed and wanted!  More and more dads are getting involved and finding the time to make a difference their child's life. All Pro Dad's  is a simple idea with a profound impact. It's a one-hour monthly breakfast held before school where fathers and their children meet with other dads and kids in the school ...

Here is a great guest Blog from Ganda at Parenting.com - Like myself, she also attended the National PTA Conference. Dads: Come Work for the FBI How do you get fathers to become more engaged with their children's education? All you have to do is ask. That's what convention attendees and speakers hammered home at today's Male Engagement Summit. Men now make up 12% of the PTA. That number could (and should) grow. And an invitation may be all the incentive they need. Michael Robbins, guest speaker and Special Assistant to the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, advocated for key strategies like early engagement before conception and making dads feel more welcome in the education discussion. "We should talk about what dads do right," said Robbins. The meeting's other guest speakers, leaders of the Fort Wayne Area Council (FWAC) PTA , galvanized their local units into recruiting dads to join. Julie Klingenberger, President o...