Ask Polly Bath: Lying to Mom About School?
Date: August 5th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “We have a student who constantly lies to her parents about what is going on at school causing her mom to get mad at us! How do we navigate this?”
Kids Swearing in the Hallway? | Let’s Talk About Behavior | POLLY BATH
Date: August 2nd, 2025
Does Everything We Teach Have a Purpose?
Date: July 27th, 2025
A high school student once asked me, “Do you teach us things that we’re never gonna use in our life?” This was my response!
Curriculum, School Store, & Behavior
Date: July 23rd, 2025
Here’s how one teacher I met connected intrinsic rewards with curriculum, school values, the school store, and behavior. Brilliant!
Control? Power Struggle?
Date: July 18th, 2025
Kids often try to keep a piece of their control when you give them a direction. Be careful this doesn’t lead to a power struggle!
Squabbling?
Date: July 15th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Helping Angry Youngsters?
Date: July 12th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “How can I help my young students work through anger, frustration, shutting down, and refusal when they already don’t have much control over their emotions?”
Do Kids WANT to be in School?
Date: July 9th, 2025
Ask Polly Bath: Tardy All the Time?
Date: July 6th, 2025
Polly answers the question: “I am a Dean of Students and we’re having terrible problems with tardiness. Detentions make no difference. I’m trying to think outside the box – any ideas about how to combat habitual tardiness?”
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