Archive for the ‘School’ Category

Motivating Underachievers II: Get Your Unmotivated Child on Track before School Starts

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

In Part II of  Motivating Underachievers, James explains what you can do to get your child on track before school starts—and how you can motivate them to do their school work during the year.
For a teen-ager, there are many ways to say “screw you” to your parents. And for underachieving kids, being motivated to do [...]

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“My Kid Won’t Get Out of Bed” Stop the Morning Madness Now

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The alarm goes off and the morning battle begins: you knock on your child’s bedroom door to wake him, but you have to go back time and again to make sure he’s actually up, your voice rising with each “wake-up call.” As the minutes tick by and he still hasn’t gotten out of bed, you [...]

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Teenage School Issues

Monday, February 16th, 2009

On the issue of teenage school issues, I speak from my own experiences from my own teenager. Issues I believe began to arise about the fifth or sixth grade. Her interest began to change, and trying to get her to focus was a huge job. Her grades started falling, school uniforms soon became a thing [...]

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