Nearly every morning before school, Josh, 9, will scream, cry and do anything possible to stay home. “He’ll whine on and on, ‘I don’t feel well. I hate my teacher. School is boring,” say his parents, Suzanne and Rob, who report that they have hit the wall with his behavior. “He used to like school,” [...]
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“I don’t Want to Go to School!” And What You Can Do about It
Thursday, September 10th, 2009End the Nightly Homework Struggle 5 Homework Strategies that Work for Kids
Thursday, August 27th, 2009Are you trapped in a nightly homework struggle with your child? The list of excuses can seem endless: “I don’t have any homework today.” “My teacher never looks at my homework anyway.” “That assignment was optional.” “I did it at school.” If only your child could be that creative with their actual homework, getting good [...]
Read MoreActing Out in School: When Your Child is the Class Troublemaker
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009Every parent of an acting-out child knows that once your kid has a reputation for being a troublemaker at school, it’s very difficult to undo that label. That’s because your child becomes the label; when the teacher looks at him, she often just sees a troublemaker. Sadly, it’s very hard to change that image, because [...]
Read MoreA Day in the Mind of Your Defiant Child
Monday, August 17th, 2009If you’re the parent of a defiant child, you’ve probably wondered what makes him so angry at life—and angry at you. With the school year approaching, are you gearing up for another difficult year with your child, just hoping that he’ll make it through—and that you’ll be able to manage without falling apart? Realize that [...]
Read MoreBeat the Back to School Power Struggle in 30 Days
Friday, August 14th, 2009I’ve worked with many parents and children caught up in power struggles in the home—they argued over bedtime, homework, curfew, video game time—you name it, they fought over it. And the more these parents fought with their children, the better at arguing and manipulating situations their children seemed to get. Mothers and fathers came to [...]
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