Parents of Hardworking Teens

Real-life stories, examples and an alternative take on some common advice, as I answer your questions about:

• Subject selection / options subjects and my take on what to base decisions on.
• Command words across different subjects - are they the same?
• Perfectionist teens and how to deal with this in their study so they’re more efficient without sacrificing grades.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW

• Episode 12: Does Your Teen need a Tutor?
  
• - 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Only open to students who've completed the 10WGT.
  
• - Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

Should you look into getting a tutor for your teen?
Do they need one?
Will it make any difference?
How do you find a good one?
Do you already have one and want to make sure you’re maximising what your teen is getting out of the sessions?
Or, even if they don’t have one and you have no intention of hiring one, listen in, because I’m going to also be covering all the ways that may well be a perfect decision.

WE WILL COVER:

• The critical consideration behind this decision (Hint: This is not about whether tutors are good or bad - it's about finding where your teen's holes are in their 'study-bucket').
• Three things to look for in a great tutor.
• How to make sure your teen builds the skills to succeed independently in their study.
• The key question that'll tell you if a tutor is the best place to put your money and your teen's time.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW

• 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Only available to graduates of the 10WGT.
  
• Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

I think every hardworking teen will experience exam stress at some point (or many!) in their studies.
And it can be hard to watch or try to help during these times.
However, not all stress is bad.
(Really).
So, in this episode we look at what causes exam stress and then consider which causes to accept and which ones we can reduce - and how.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
• Next Level Coaching: Open to graduates of the 10WGT
• Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

Essays don’t have to be quite so overwhelming, long, and arduous.
The 2-step 'Topic and Focus' System is a proven, simple and super-effective way to get your teen on the right track in their response and ensure they ‘actually answer the question’. ;)

In this episode I share a real life essay question and how to use the Topic and Focus system to help your teen avoid the ‘Topic Traps’ and answer the precise Focus of the question - even if you have no clue about the subject yourself!
YOU WILL LEARN:

The most common pitfalls affecting students’ essays.

How to help your teen avoid major re-writes, waffling, and low-level responses (all of which can happen, even when the info they include is factually correct and there’s lots of it!).

The trick to checking the focus of the essay and making it super-clear to answer.

How this will help your teen make strategic decisions on what points to include or evidence to select for their essay.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW

• Trick to Address the Key Focus of an Essay: Coaching Call video excerpt
  
• 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Open to graduates of the 10WGT only.
  
  
• Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
  
• Real parent feedback: “Lauren has been using ... the essay writing skills on topic and focus to finish her latest English Literature essay last night.
  She had received feedback on her draft that it had gone a bit astray, so last night she went back a step to review the topic and focus and reworked it a little. Well today she got her grade: an A!!!!”

Ep. 75 -
Uncertainty in the exam hall sounds like your teen's brain either screaming out or just quietly muttering things like:
- What does the question really mean?
- What is it actually asking?
- What do they want in the response?
- How much detail should I go into?
- What will get marks and what WON’T get marks?
So, let’s talk about how to turn that uncertainty into confidence - and results.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Episode 73: Not All Stress is Bad
  
• Episode 74: Fear of the Unknown
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Facebook
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Instagram
  
• Have your teen trained by me in the 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.