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Improving Concentration Skills Pick activities that appeal to your child, to improve his concentration skills.		Parents: How to Help with Homework Want to know how to get started helping your child with her homework, without taking over the...
Improve Test-Taking Some students are good at researching and writing papers, but fall short on tests. But a little...		Parent Involvement with Homework Is your child relying too much on you for her homework?
When a Child Doesn't Care About Grades Most seventh-graders don't care about grades. There are other markers to look for, such as how...		Eighth-Grader Is Not Working at Her Potential You need to let your daughter do it her own way, even if that means squeaking by or failing.
Sixth-Grade Homework Homework can increase dramatically in sixth grade. Here's what you should do.		Home-Based Homework Homework doesn't always have to be assigned in school -- you can set aside time each day for...
How Much Homework? School-wide homework policies can help monitor how much homework your child receives each...		Parents and Homework The more responsibility parents take for making sure homework gets completed, the more...
Homework Help for Kids with LD and ADHD There are some great resources on the Internet that can help students with LD and ADHD.		Confidence Booster When your child pretends that he left his homework at school, his "forgetfulness" may be...
Best Time for Homework The best time for your children to do homework is whenever they're most ready to do it.		Motivating Middlers to Do Their Assignments There are a number of resources for teaching at-risk kids how to change their thinking and thus...
Fifth-Grader Suffers from Homework Stress Something is wrong when a child starts having stomach pains in response to the stress of...		Unmonitored Seventh-Grader Needs Support When parents' work schedules make them unavailable to their child, a big brother, a mentor, or...
Homework Tips for Reluctant Child Our expert offers tips and strategies for getting your child to do his homework.		Flunking Eighth Grade There are logical steps a parent can take when his eighth-grader refuses to do his homework.
Sixth-Grader Rushing Through Homework When a child is rushing through her work, the real problem is finding out why.		Mother Worried About Son's Workload To address fears about a child's workload, talk the situation over with the child and the...
Positive Behavior Plan Team up with the teacher to devise a positive behavior plan for your child.		Son Forgets School Books All children, especially seventh-graders, have to be taught study skills and organization...
Seventh-Grader Won't Turn in Homework The only way any of us learn is through experience and tough consequences. Unfortunately, some...		How to Move Son on to More Challenging Schoolwork Find some suggestions for motivating a bright child.
Seventh-Grader Fails to Turn in Homework There are several things you can do to help your child remember to turn in his schoolwork, but...		Son with ADD Isn't Doing Schoolwork How can I get my son with ADD to do his schoolwork?
Feel Good About School Make sure your child feels good about school.		Homework and the Third-Grader Find out how much responsibility your third-grader should have when it comes to homework.
Daughters Overwhelmed by Homework An expert describes a step-by-step approach for getting a handle on the homework workload.		Tough Kindergarten Curriculum What should you do if you think your child's kindergarten class is too challenging?
LD and Homework Woes How can you make sure your children get homework that is clearly within their ability range and...		He Hates Homework! Learn how to set rules for homework time and hand the homework responsibility over to your...
Getting Middle-Schooler Organized Help your middle-schooler to be more responsible and more organized.		Homework Past Bedtime Learn how to schedule homework before bedtime activities.
Depressed Teen Is Bored with School There are always going to be some classes that are boring. The challenge is to figure out how...		Gifted Child Stopped Doing Homework Find out what to do when your child takes a "homework vacation."
Building Study Skills Help your student acquire better study skills.		Workload in the Fourth Grade Read about a typical workload for a fourth-grader and how to help him organize effectively.
Forgetting to Hand in Homework? Students in the middle grades often have one of two reasons for not handing in assignments:...		Helping a Child with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) There are a number of things to keep in mind when helping a child with CAPD cope with the...
Sudden Drop in Grades With an underperforming child, family and school need to work as a team. Here's how to do it.		Poor Study Habits in Fifth-Grader Find out what you should do when your child has poor study habits and poor retention.
Hating Homework Get ideas on how to help students who hate doing homework.		Honor Roll Student Now Failing to Complete Homework Our expert advises a parent to help her underachieving son understand his responsibilities for...
Academic Preparation for Back to School Use these tips to get your child's mind in shape for the new school year.		Too Much Homework! Learn how to communicate with a teacher who assigns your child too much homework.
Good Penmanship When it comes to improving your child's handwriting, practice makes perfect.		Gifted, ADD, and Can't Get Homework Done Find out what you can do to get a child with ADHD take responsibility for his schoolwork.
Homework Hassles! Our expert suggests how to keep a child on-task with his homework.		Too Young for Homework? Read what our expert thinks about homework assignments in kindergarten.

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