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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
“Your grades dropped on your last report card. The high grades were in minor subjects like singing.” Her daughter tries to defend herself by adding she got a B in Math. Her Mom continues, “Actually you got a B- in math. I see you on the internet and I think that time should be spent [...]
What were your grades last semester? “Well I did OK in everything except a few courses that I got a ‘D’ or ‘F’ in.” “Why do you think those classes didn’t go well?” “Well I didn’t like that coursework and the teacher sucked. So I just focused on the classes I liked.” Can you imagine [...]
