One of the most frustrating things in life is when you can clearly see when someone needs help or needs to change something, and you just can’t convince them that is the case. This can be especially difficult for parents of students who don’t believe that they need organizational skills to be successful. As adults, … Read more
We all know that the Northern Virginia area has a culture of putting pressure on kids to do well in school. Students in this area receive so much information about what classes to take, where to go to college, how to study better, what information is the most important, what activities will help them get … Read more
Does it seem that your child often gets distracted when you ask them to complete a seemingly simple task? You may tell your son or daughter to “brush your teeth” when they wake up in the morning, but they may find themselves wandering over to the toys in the corner of the room on the … Read more
Let me ask you a question. Do you know a teenager who is glued to his or her phone? If you live in the United States, especially in the Washington DC area, I’m going to take a wild guess that your answer to that question is a resounding yes. In speaking with parents of many … Read more
On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most organized, how organized is your student? Are you the parent of a child who has struggled with keeping organized since Kindergarten? Does your son’s backpack house a mound of crumpled papers by the third week of September? If this sounds familiar, we have a … Read more
If you’re the parent of a high school student, you probably know about block scheduling. For freshmen, block scheduling is likely a new concept. Most high schools in the DC metro area operate on a block scheduling system. Basically, this means most classes meet every other day for a longer period. For example, a student … Read more
I was speaking on the phone with a parent from McLean, Virginia a couple weeks ago about her son. Mom called me in a panic because her 9th grader was looking to finish out his freshman year with two D’s in core subjects. A bright student, who’d pulled a solid A/B average in years past … Read more
How organized is your son or daughter? Be honest. Have you ever walked into his or her bedroom and been confronted by mounds of clothes, toys, and trinkets? Does your child’s backpack serve as a graveyard for papers and old hand-outs? Does your son or daughter bristle at the thought of keeping a calendar and … Read more