Category: School Stuff Tips and Recommendations

Awesome Advice for Moms of Students Transitioning to a New School

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2022-11-16
Categories In Awesome Moms, Dealing with Teenagers, Deborah Ann Davis, Mother-Daughter Relationships , Parent Coaching For Mother-Daughter Relationships , parenting coach, Repairing Your Mother-Daughter Relationship, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

The first thing to tell her (and yourself) is to not worry about next year. You got this! Just enjoy the summer.

The second thing you do is schedule a walk through the school in July, just you and her (plus a map of the school).

Awesome Advice for Moms of Students Who Need to Study Effectively

If your Learning Style differs from your kid’s, don’t help her learn the way you think she should. Help her learn the way best suited to her true Learning Style

Awesome Advice for Moms on How to Re-connect with Your Post Pandemic-Panic Teenagers (Part 2)

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2022-10-31
Categories In Awesome Moms, Dealing with Teenagers, Deborah Ann Davis, Mother-Daughter Relationships , Parent Coaching For Mother-Daughter Relationships , parenting coach, Repairing Your Mother-Daughter Relationship, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations

If you want to have a conversation, set the stage to invite a conversation. My favorite way to initiate a tête-à-tête with my daughter is to…

Unsolicited Advice for Moms of Freshmen

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2022-08-11
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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Here is my unsolicited advice for freshmen starting high school. (Freshmen, listen up!)
Keep a tight rein on your freshmen.
Parents, your kid may look more mature and responsible than ever—and s(he) could very well be—but the beginning of the school year is not the time to extend latitude.

My Personal History with Black History Month

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2022-02-01
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

February 1981 was an interesting month. I was smack in the middle of my very first year as a teacher, during my very first time living in the deep south […]

How To Track Progress (part 3)

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2022-01-03
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, Living Better, Parent Coaching For Mother-Daughter Relationships , parenting books, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

There are so many ways to approach building a new positive habit, however the key component of success is SELF-FORGIVENESS. It’s a rare situation where one decides to make a […]

How To Track Progress (part 2)

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2021-12-30
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, Living Better, parenting books, parenting coach, parenting teenagers books, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

New Habit = Lifestyle Change Is there some aspect of your lifestyle that you’d like to tweak? Typically, as you grow and mature, your view of life, and how you […]

How To Track Progress (part 1)

Post author By Deborah Ann Davis
Post date 2021-12-15
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, Living Better, parenting books, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

Visuals To Help You Track Your Progress A new beginning can mean a Rebooted You. We all think about it as one year comes to a close, and another unfolds […]

Make a Fresh Start With “Yet”

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2021-04-28
Categories In Dealing with Teenagers, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

Does is seem like your teen is thinking, “My relationship with my mom is falling apart” around report-card time? How would you like a simple tool that will undo the […]