How to Increase Your Child’s Motivation in School: Tips for Parents

As a parent, you can have a huge impact on your child’s motivation in school. Understanding your child’s school environment is the first step to helping them become more motivated. In this article, we will discuss how to better understand your child’s school environment and how to use this understanding to increase their motivation.   …

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Interleaving effect – the better way to learn

What is the Interleaving effect? Even though this method is by far more superior over other learning methods, it is hardly used in schools. Keep on reading to find out why, or watch my video on this memory-boosting learning technique.   Watch the video on the Interleaving effect and don’t forget to subscribe!   If…

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Why Academic Coaching is not the same as Tutoring

Multiple times over the last three years parents have approached me with the same question. Can I offer tutoring for their kids? The answer is usually a hard pass. But why don‘t I give them tutoring lessons?   In order to understand this better, one needs to acknowledge that tutoring is not the solution to…

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Tips to support a perfectionist teenager

The other day I put out an Instagram poll in my Story to ask all teenagers to tell me what was currently stressing them out the most. Besides the common answers like school and parents, I thought one answer was particularly useful to take up as a blog post and video idea.    A dear…

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How do you teach self-confidence to your child?

(Video in German with 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇵🇾 subtitles👍) Two weeks ago I put out a video asking parents what they think were important skills to learn for their children and teens. Their responses ranged from self-responsibility, finding a circle of friends, motivation and self-confidence.   Since self-confidence and motivation go hand in hand, I decided to take…

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