This month, I am detailing the easiest and simplest solutions for parents to help their teens in school. I want to show parents that you do not need any complicated learning method, nor spending thousands on a private tutor. There are a few simple and easy steps you can implement today in order to see real changes in your teens learning and improvements in their grades. 

In Part 4, I will be showing you my top 5 homework hacks for earning better grades.

Does your teen spend hours and hours studying the day before a test? Trying to cram all that information in at the last minute does not really make a good learning environment. Nor does it help with your teens long term learning and knowledge base. (meaning they will forget it before the end of the semester). 

Or do you spend hours each night studying with your teen so they will be fully prepared for the next test?

Or worse! Did your teen stay up late, or all night, studying for a test in the morning? Resulting in a lack of sleep, resulting in poor memory function, resulting in poorer performance on that early morning test! (Sometimes sleep is better than studying)

Both of these cramming methods can be so time consuming, and energy draining. Especially when your teen has weekly tests they need to prepare for. 

In Part 2 of this series, I want to reveal to you how you can get FREE tutoring help.

That's right! Fo' Free!

Is it me you ask? (Close. There is free help besides me. Although you know I am always here for you!)

The free assistance and tutoring help you can find every week is from . . . (drum roll please) . . . your teachers!

Here's the problem with most teens that are struggling in school: unfocused, unmotivated, and lack of interest. 

All of these problems are difficult to correct or adjust, especially in a teenager. 

So the way to fix this is by nagging and pestering about homework, or reading all the teen books written by doctors. Right?

Wrong!

Many teens that struggle in school may suffer in ways they can't explain, that translates as lazy, unfocused, or unmotivated. Ways they may suffer may include lack of understanding in a subject, or not knowing the basic skills for academic success, such as study skills, note taking skills, or organization skills.

Many parents want to know how they can help their teen perform better in school. They search high and low for the most complicated answer that will magically fix their teen. 

But the solution to greater success may be simpler than you think. 

I am going to tackle the simplest solutions to teen struggles in this 5 part series in order to help YOU, the parent learn how to best help your teen. (Because, let's be honest, high school can be hardest on parents!)

In Part 1 of this series, I will be explaining how to create the perfect study zone for your teen, and why it is so important to have a study zone!

Recently, I had the privilege of meeting Allyson Felix and hearing her inspirational story.

Allyson Felix runs track and field at the Olympics and World Championships for the United States. She is the most decorated female track and field athlete in the world. She has metaled in every Olympics since 2004. Even though she is an experienced veteran in the Olympic Games, she is only 31!

The reason I was so inspired by her story was not just how much she has accomplished in her life, but because how events and obstacles in her life shaped who she would become.

Here are the 8 key takeaways on what I learned from this inspiring woman, and how this can help you and your teen. (Number 3 will surprise you!)

I know what you may be thinking. You’re thinking she is going to say that the greatest gift her mother ever gave her was love or nurturing.

Or compassion, kindness, forgiveness, mercy, patience.

While all of this is true, I’m focusing on the greatest monetary related gift.

The greatest gift my mother ever gave me was a student loan.

The number one reason parents hire me to tutor their high school student is because they are burned out!

Burned out from getting up before dawn, working all day at a difficult and tiring job, just to come home to spend hours and hours on high school homework that their student wasn’t understanding. Then start the whole process over again the next day.

I have personally worked with parents that would stay up until 2am every night, in order to finish assignments. Very tiring!

These parents were so burned out from helping with homework, double checking assignments, editing essays, and planning projects, that they eventually found it easiest to just do the work for them.

GASP!!