About 40% of our tutoring business is basically what we term “Homework Help” and it is all because the preteens and teens don’t want to take direction from their parents. You shouldn’t feel bad about yourself as a parent if the connection between you and your child/student disintegrates even more when you are “helping” them [...]
Adolescence is a time when teens are beginning to learn how to build relationships with friends, family and dating partners. What they learn and experience during this time may determine how they perceive relationships for the rest of their lives. As an adult, being involved in these experiences with a teen is extremely important and [...]
Over the summer, there are a lot of high school juniors and seniors hit the road with their parents to visit colleges. Here are a few tips to help make the most of those visits. Make sure you do some research first. Have your teen do a ‘virtual’ tour of the colleges she is interested [...]
Here are some parenting ideas for bringing out the best in your teenagers. Listen: You should listen more than you speak so you can discover what motivates your teen. Lead by example: you can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips. Don’t give them the answer, show them the answer: Parents [...]