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.

Ep. 117 -

Listen in on a conversation I had on the Happy Families podcast with Justin Coulson and his wife, Kylie a while ago where we talked about:

• Study stress
• What causes all of the stress
• How stress isn't about having too much to do, it's about how to get it all done
• Motivation & wellbeing
• Life balance
• Tips to help teens get through their exams
• The obession with 'the number' at the end of year 12
• Time management vs scheduled outcomes
• Command words
• Unmotivated teens

FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Happy Families Podcast on Spotify: Happy Families, ep. 334
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Facebook
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Instagram
  
• Get your teen behind the scenes of assessment with me in the 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Up-level their skills and maximise outcomes in Next Level Coaching (only open to 10WGT graduates)
  
• 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.

Exams are a source of stress and anxiety for many teens.

What if they could be an opportunity to build confidence, success and pride?
In this episode I draw on over a decade of working with multiple exam boards internationally and marking tens of thousands of external exam papers and coursework to share with you:
- The two other things exams are REALLY testing apart from subject knowledge

The Exam Mastery Framework (Get your free copy here >>> https://www.rocksolidstudy.com/3)

The three 'Exam Performance Killers' thwarting students’ exam results and confidence.

The solutions that mean your teen gets the results they’re capable of, in the most efficient way.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Podcast Resource: The Exam Mastery Framework PDF download
  
  
• 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• 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.

If your teen has ever left an assignment to the last minute OR gotten started early BUT taken waaay longer over a task than was necessary then this episode is for you.

YOU WILL DISCOVER

• The difference between procrastination and a lack of motivation.
• The 3 root causes of procrastination and how to solve for them.
• Why no amount of nagging, bribing, rewards or sanctions will fix the real issue.
  

FEATURED ON THE SHOW

• Video - Coaching excerpt: Why even top students sometimes procrastinate - and how to overcome it!
• 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.

Ep. 73 -
Stress often comes from uncertainty, a lack of control or feeling like we can’t get done what needs to be done.

These issues are all in play when it comes to exams.
However, it's important to remember:
Stress is normal and has its benefits.

Stress hormones are released to help us cope.
In the 'right' amounts, these actually increase our focus, our energy, our alertness.

The exact things we need in the exam hall.
This episode is about helping your teen operate within the healthy and yes, actually beneficial, amounts of exam stress.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Follow Rock Solid Study and find the Open Q&A recording on Facebook
  
• Harvard Business Review: Are You Too Stressed to Be Productive? Or Not Stressed Enough?
  (including the Yerkes-Dodson Law of performance graph)
  
• The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• 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.