By Neil McNerney
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Customer tags: studying, study skills, homework, parenting
Review & Description
Is homework time becoming your least favorite time of day? Are you tired having the same homework arguments over and over? Do you wish there was a better way to help your child do better?
Neil McNerney, a licensed counselor and parenting expert, will show you ways to help your child do better in school without arguments, yelling, or guilt.
In his 25 years working with school-age children and their parents, Neil McNerney has developed a simple and powerful approach that will increase achievement and decrease aggravation!
HOMEWORK: A Parent s Guide to Helping Out Without Freaking Out! will guide you through a simple process to find a way to help your child based on which faulty coping pattern your child is using.
1. Recognize your personal parenting strengths and how to harness them.
2. Identify the ways your child deals with homework, including:
- Procrastination
- Defiance
- Blaming
- Peer Pressure
- Disorganization
- Lack of Motivation
- Anxiety and Stress
- Inattention
This book will give you a specific plan with concrete suggestions you can use right away to increase achievement and decrease aggravation!
Most homework books are focused on study techniques. This book focuses on how parents can be powerful leaders in their kid's education. It answers the most common questions parents ask:
- When do I reward and when do I punish?
- How do I give advice about studying without getting backtalk?
- How much should I review homework?
- How do I help my stressed out child who takes school too seriously?
- What do I say when my child says "I don't care" about school?
- How do I help my disorganized child without feeling like I am his secretary?
"Whether you have an anxious, disorganized or defiant child when it comes to doing schoolwork, McNerney's C.A.L.M. method allows you to tailor your intervention to the specific style of your child. A great way to avoid nightly homework wars!"
- Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, author of 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 and Surviving Your Adolescents
Neil is a gifted communicator, able to introduce ideas in a way that make perfect sense out of complicated dynamics, and leaves parents feeling renewed and ready for action. Neil is a professional worth watching and learning from. I know I have.
- Hal Runkel, NY Times bestselling author of ScreamFree Parenting
Neil McNerney gives practical plans for homework dilemmas I deal with as a teacher. Parents can put this easy-to-read and funny book into practice to help their kids. This is an excellent book!
- Virginia Walker, Teacher, Blue Ridge Middle School, Purcellville, VA
Amazing book stuffed with ideas I can use right away!
- Robin Mong, Mother and Director of Loudoun Education Foundation, Dominion High School, Sterling, VA
About The Author
Neil McNerney, M.Ed., LPC is a licensed counselor, university faculty member, speaker, and parenting expert. His engaging approach to helping parents is refreshing and effective. He travels nationally speaking to professional and parenting groups on parenting and childhood issues. Read more
