Preparing for college admissions can feel daunting under the best of circumstances. But if you have a child who’s struggled in high school — whether that’s academically, socially, or emotionally — it can sometimes feel downright insurmountable.

With the right blueprint and a balanced approach to helping your child plan their future, you can turn struggles into strengths and help your student chart a successful path toward college.

If your child has had a hard time at school this year, you may be tempted to spend the summer focusing on academics. How about we add another idea for learning?

Summer camp. Kids who struggle in school can especially benefit from camp! Here are my 5 reasons summer camp rocks for struggling kids.

Things change in middle and high school, but those changes aren’t all negative.

5 bright spots on the road ahead.

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If your child is struggling, you are probably also struggling to manage your feelings.

One quick Emotional First Aid tool to use right now.

Spring chaos isn’t just for kids. It can be pretty difficult for us parents too.
What’s a parent to do when the homework hassles, endless shuttling, and worn out school routine feel never-ending?
5 ideas for beating the spring overwhelm for parents.

Spring isn’t all tulips and blossoming cherry blossoms for kids. It brings all sorts of changes and pressures that can make it hard for everyone.

7 reasons spring might be tricky for your kids and a few ideas for calming the chaos too.

Almost as soon as they arrive, our kid is being compared to others - are they eating enough, growing enough, hitting all the milestones at exactly the right time?

What have I come to embrace that made the biggest difference?

Every child learns and grows at their own pace.

For some kids, small speed bumps in daily routines or expectations can send them spinning. It’s a lack of flexible thinking. Do you have a kiddo in your house that struggles with this too?

It stinks when your child lies. Your reaction to it, thought, doesn’t have to be defcon level yelling and frustration. 6 strategies to deal with lying.

Does every left-behind piece of homework or lunchbox have to be a lesson on responsibility? I don’t think so. Let’s Reframe it as support and scaffolding.

We all want the big parenting wins, but it’s not that easy. To get to the big, long-term, sustainable wins - however long they take - we need to keep showing up.

Is your child disorganized and you don’t know why? It may not be what you think. What is executive function anyhow? It might be the heart of the problem.

Feeling overwhelmed as a parent? It happens. Everything isn’t under our control. But maybe we can be a little less overwhelmed and have some compassion for ourselves.

Other parents - they have opinions, don’t they? And they really want to tell us how they would do things differently (aka better). Don’t get stuck in the poisonous ‘I would never’ trap.

Parent-teacher conferences are valuable for both parents and their kids. I’m sharing some strategies to get the most out of those school meetings. Every parent can benefit, but If your child is struggling at school, parent teacher conferences can be worth their weight in gold. Tips for to get the most out of Parent-teacher conferences.

It’s all harder when we don’t have the parenting information we need, when we need it. Here’s my reflection on how the issue of missing key info for better supporting our kids’ needs can be like missing a flight. Supporting your kid for their journey to success rely on very important details, so i’ll be sharing some ways to navigate it for you too.