School & Homework

As a parent, there are moments when warning bells go off—times when you notice that your child might be having trouble grasping certain skills that […]

Many parents write in to EP about homework battles with their kids. They want to know what to do about a child who procrastinates or […]

Are you trapped in a nightly homework struggle with your child? The list of excuses can seem endless: “I don’t have any homework today.” “My […]

Every parent of an acting-out child knows that once your kid has a reputation for being a troublemaker at school, it’s very difficult to undo […]

Has homework time become the seventh circle of hell in your house, with you nagging your kids to do their assignments and fighting with them […]

When you look at kids and people in general, it’s easy to see that we all have differences in our “wiring,” in how our brains […]

I’ve worked with many parents and children caught up in power struggles in the home—they argued over bedtime, homework, curfew, video game time—you name it, […]

Is your child failing in school? Maybe he started out full of enthusiasm, but now his grades are slipping, his attitude is bad and he […]

At some point as a parent, you will likely be faced with the dreaded email from your child’s teacher telling you that your kid has […]

The start of every school year brings all sorts of images to mind: shopping for clothes and school supplies, getting back into a routine of […]