Getting your teen to revise
It's often a testing time when your teenage son or daughter has exams, as it's more than likely that they would much rather be out with their friends than indoors revising. Find a quiet time to sit with them and ask how you can help. Nagging them to work often will not get results, perhaps because they are actually finding the work difficult. If so, they might need extra help.
Talk through their hopes and fears, if they're sitting GCSE's or A Levels, they'll be starting to work out what their next step should be. Perhaps they have a particular course or career that they're interested in pursuing. Match your tone of voice to theirs, so talk back in a stressed way at first, then slow down, amazingly, that will make them talk back to you in a calmer way. And be there for them.
Jackie Arnold, life coach and mother of three
By Jackie Arnold
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