School will start before you know it and for freshman in high school one of the big deterrents to doing well their first year in high school is socializing.
The transition from middle to high school can really make a teen nervous even if they’re walking on campus the first day knowing friends they had in [...]
Summer is around the corner and I am sure your teen may be looking for some cash in the way of job opportunities.
Unemployment for adults is high. It isn’t going to be much better for teens this summer. Try suggesting to your teen that even if they can’t get paid for their services they can [...]
I suck at Geometry! You may have heard this before. Maybe the class was English, Spanish, Social Science, etc. The issue was that your teen thought they weren’t good at something and that’s why they gave up on being any good at it. What else can you do?
Teaching it slower or repeating the assignment does [...]
More important than any praise they get from someone else is your teen’s ability to do something well and see the result of their ability. When this happens a lot, your teen feels good about themselves.
This is the nature of the teen brain that has parts of it that process positive experiences while other [...]
Reading seems to be a lost art. It certainly got a boost from a lot of book clubs and the types of books out there certainly increased readership especially when it was associated with a movie or vampires, but reading for information is important too.
Your teen is more likely to copy your behaviour than [...]
“I’m telling ya ma, the teacher hates me. They suck!” If you haven’t heard this as an excuse for poor grades then you might not yet have a frustrated student in your house. The question is, “Why do you hate the teacher?”
People get vibes from each other so your teen can tend to get what they [...]
How’s school? “Great” How are your grades? “I have a 3.5.” Wow! Last year when I spoke to you your G.P.A. was a 0.08, what the heck happened? “I got to live with my uncle so that I could attend Military School. Wow! Isn’t that what you always wanted to do? Oh my goodness, that [...]
