Comments on: De-Stress Your Teen: Four Ways To Turn Down the Academic Heat

By: work from home

work from home — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:54:27 +0000

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By: Lisa R.

Lisa R. — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:28:03 +0000

Wow. I love this post. My 13yr old is under school work pressure and has made it verbal to me last night.. At dinner, she told me her ideas of speaking to her assistant principal about having a quick dialogue session with her peers about their own pressures and how they deal with them. Gather their information and be able to share do’s and don’ts thru maybe a weekly 30 second loud speaker announcement, monthly news letter or an afterschool activity. I’m so proud of her!!! I thought it was a great idea… As for my support as a parent, I normally encourage her to plan ahead with her schedule, wind down before bedtime, and better eating habits, down time for family and friends.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:10:38 +0000

Until it’s laid out like this, one doesn’t realize how much stress a teen really has to deal with. These are great tips, which hopefully all moms (and dads) will follow. If I may add another: eat well balanced meals and get some exercise.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:04:26 +0000

My daughter is completely stressed out. She suffers from headaches and everything that goes with too much pressure. I try to and tell her we are happy with her no matter what so long as she tries her best. This doesn’t seem to work. She is obsessed with getting good grades. It has been a tough year.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:52:48 +0000

I really enjoyed this post. As the mother of a teenage girl, I work hard to ensure she eats, sleeps and has some fun in between the school work and competitive soccer that she plays. The need to be perfect is the last thing we worry about and I tell her constantly that I am happy as long as she believes she’s done her best.

By: Joyce Halladay

Joyce Halladay — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:48:17 +0000

I agree, we, as a society put way too much pressure on our young people! I suspect that it is unfulfilled parent’s who push their children to be what they aren’t. Something I have told my fourteen year old daughter, and continue to repeat to her is this,”I don’t care (within reason), what you do for a living! If you are passionate about what you are doing and happy with what you are doing, that is all I care about. No amount of money is worth it if you are not enjoying what you are doing!”
Subsequently, my daughter know’s that mark’s are not the finite definition of who she is, but she did receive an Honour’s award for her overall mark’s for her first year in high school. I continue to tell her that as long as she is doing the best that she can, that is all I care about. Well she was quite satisfied with the work she has done, I love her soooo much!

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:57:17 +0000

Excellent tips. Very helpful.