The parents' guide to exams

Parents' guide to exams | Helping your kids through their exams

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Exams are stressful times for you as well as your kids - the worry of what results they'll get and whether they're revising enough can be enough to turn your hair grey - or greyer!

Then there's the worry about them worrying and whether they're making themselves ill with stress- all of that's enough to need a good sit down and that's before you even think about the kids that won't work at all!

We go through some common exam-time worries and try to help you through them.

'I don't think they know how to revise'

It's true that knowing where to begin with revision can be difficult, especially when it seems like there's mountains to get through, but it's likely your child will have been given pointers at school of popular techniques to try out.

If they admit to you that they're struggling, then by all means give them advice and tell them things you found useful - but try to avoid 'not like that, like this' conversations which are likely to just make them annoyed.

If they seem to respond to your suggestions you could even help them draw up a study timetable. If your suggestions are met with sighs and a look of annoyance however, it might be best to leave them to it.

By Charlotte Gunn