Parents of Hardworking Teens

Ep. 32
Here are seven things I see a lot of struggling students doing, that are keeping them stressed, keeping them working longer and harder than is necessary and stopping them from achieving the results they’re truly capable of.
If your teen is struggling to get the results they want, or getting top results but doing it the hard way, then take a listen and see if it's because they're doing any of these...FEATURED ON THE SHOW

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• The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
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  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.

Is it possible to balance academic ambition, hard work and pressure with wellbeing and a healthy life balance?
I believe so.
In fact, I believe they are interconnected in a positive way, as opposed to one being at the expense of the other.
Understandably and importantly, there are more societal messages taking a 'softer' approach to results, academic pressure and work in general.
But, in trying to protect teens from stress and the potential negative consequences on their mental health, we might also be inadvertently risking them missing out on the resilience, confidence and pride that also come from pursuing their academic goals, experiencing periods of hard work, pressure and manageable stress.
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Episode 34: Hardworking Vs. Overworking
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Ep. 31
An easy and effective way for you to help your teen create practical strategies to achieve their goals this year.
Just ask these three simple questions to help them highlight good things they're already doing and identify potential improvements - all in a super-tangible way.
Extension task ;)
- Make sure they know 'WHY' for each answer, so they have logical reasoning and a clear link to the outcome they want.
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• Episode 22: How to Support Your Teen (and Survive) During Exams - with Michelle Mitchell.
  
• 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.

Students' grades dropping, even though they’re still putting in the same amount of effort, is a common yet often perplexing situation for many students and their parents.
This common challenge is especially prevalent when moving up from Years 7 & 8 into Years 9 & 10 and then again as they move into the Senior years.
If you’ve had this happen (or you just want to make sure it doesn’t happen!), then listen in for the two ‘behind-the scenes’ reasons why this happens - which have nothing to do with the subject content getting harder - and how to turn things around.YOU WILL LEARN:

Why 'what got them here, won't get them there'. What achieved success in Years 7 and 8 is not the same as what's required in high year levels.
- The subtle but super-important changes in requirements and demands of questions and their mark schemes as students move up through the years in high school and college.

The two specific ways students need to operate at a different level (literally!) in Years 9 & 10 and then again in Senior Years.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW

• 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.

Once your teen’s completed an assessment, whether it’s an exam, essay or other type of assignment, is the tendency to just bury it and move onto the next item on the to-do list?

If so, they’re missing huge opportunities to develop their exam technique and build skills and understanding in how to achieve success criteria in the most efficient and effective ways.
WHAT WE COVER:

Why most students don’t want to do this, and why doing it will therefore put your teen at a huge advantage.

The one-word question to ask your teen (or they should ask themselves) about a completed assessment or exam question.

Real life ways I’ve taken students through assessment post-mortems, what we did and their feedback.

• 10WGT: The 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Only available to graduates of the 10WGT.