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The 3 Worst Things Grown-Ups Told Me When I Was a Teen

The 3 Worst Things Grown-Ups Told Me When I Was a Teen

by Gretchen | Mar 9, 2021 | Academic Coaching, blog

Are you carrying around thoughts about yourself that came from the adults in your life? Often, grown-ups think they’re being helpful when they tell us things they think are right about us – but those things can hurt sometimes and influence our decisions,...
How to Stop Constantly Checking Your Teen’s Grades

How to Stop Constantly Checking Your Teen’s Grades

by Gretchen | Apr 4, 2019 | blog, Communication, For Parents

Parents, are you driven to anxiety whenever you check your students’ grades online? Students, do your parents ambush you with bad news after they’ve checked your grades? I’ve noticed that one of the biggest sources of frustration between parent and...
248: Why Teens Tell Fibs and How Parents and Educators Can Respond Effectively

248: Why Teens Tell Fibs and How Parents and Educators Can Respond Effectively

by Gretchen | Jan 24, 2019 | College Prep, Communication, For Parents, podcast

Teens tell fibs more often than parents wish. Some of them are pre-meditated and manipulative, but often they are a primal response to fear, especially in students with learning differences like ADHD. In this episode, Gretchen walks you through her notes from a great...

230: The Coach Approach to Parenting and Teaching with ImpactADHD

by Gretchen | Sep 20, 2018 | College Prep

How do parents and teachers support students in becoming more and more independent? Elaine Taylor-Klaus from ImpactADHD walks us through the four phases of transition in the adult/student relationship, and shares how taking on a Coach Approach to communicating with...

229: Answers to Your Questions About the SAT and Advanced Placement

by Gretchen | Sep 13, 2018 | Academic Coaching, College Prep, Study Skills, Test Anxiety

Questions! Questions! We love questions! Below are two questions about the SAT and Advanced Placement tests that we got recently from two moms: (1) “I just heard someone talking about their 2nd child who took a gap year and delayed taking the SAT until after high...
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