Your teen is on their last leg at school. They don’t want to be there. The cops who brought them home told you so. This is a not so subtle sign. Listen to it. There are several alternatives to getting an education and if your teen has a problem with truancy, you might want to [...]
Sometimes in the darkest moment it’s hard for your teen to see the end of the tunnel. But it’s always hard when there’re no lights on. The light is experience and wisdom. The light is hope. Sometimes you give that to your teen and sometimes your teen can give it to themselves. Think about ways [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
