Mom Tired of Nagging
A child needs to understand the concept of personal responsibility before you let him "fly without a net." read more
March 19, 2001
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Motivating a First Grader
A six-year-old first grader is not about to choose a life of purposeful underachievement! read more
March 26, 1999
My Child Is "Labeled" as Bad
It is important that children get the help they need to behave appropriately at school. read more
March 1, 2001
Academic Underachiever
Part of an academic underachiever's problem may be that he has never come to "own" this as his problem. read more
November 17, 1998
Adapt Lessons to Your Child's Interests
Play to your child's interests in order to motivate him academically. read more
July 30, 2001
Are My Classroom Rules Paranoid?
It's quite normal for a bad experience to have effects on classroom rules, but one needs to be rational about the actual risks faced. read more
March 31, 2000
Artistically Talented, but Unmotivated
It is not at all unusual for gifted kids to immerse themselves in a single subject or interest to the exclusion of other topics. read more
April 22, 2002
Building Better Test Scores
Find ideas on how to help a child become a better test-taker. read more
July 5, 2000
Can Color Blindness Affect Gifted Testing?
An eye-care practitioner can determine what sorts of specific color combinations would be significant for a child with color blindness. read more
November 20, 2001
Choosing to Repeat a Grade
It's rarely a good idea to hold back a good student simply because she wants to stick around. read more
May 30, 2001
Daydreaming at School
A smart but distracted child may just need a bit of time to play developmental catch-up. read more
July 18, 2001