As she goes through puberty your daughter will present you with some “interesting” dilemmas: how much independence and freedom should you give her? Why does she act like a child one minute and an adult the next? Which GCSEs should she choose? At times she may seem to reject your opinions and values as she measures them against her friends’. Academic pressures will build as she works towards taking public exams and social pressures will dominate her thinking and affect her behaviour. By helping her to appreciate that success comes in many forms, that how you look is only a small part of who you are, by gradually extending the boundaries you established when she was younger and above all by praising, encouraging and appreciating her you will enable her to become her own, special self.
Q. Just had a parent/teacher evening and my 12 year old daughter is clearly working too hard. She is a weekly boarder and is very happy with this, and the school (as am I). The school recognise that she spends too much ...
Your daughter’s parents’ evening should be an opportunity for you to ask questions and find out all about her progress in school – but sometimes the process and the pressures can be intimidating and you ...
Q. My daughter wishes to take French at University and she was looking at Oxford. Her worry is she is doing the IB and is taking French at Higher Level but she also has a science bent and so is taking Biology and Chemistr...
Q. Our daughter wants to change schools for sixth form. Should we worry or not? Her current school is excellent and the college is not as good. We think the main reason she wants to go there is to follow her friend…...
Q. My daughter has been at a good boarding school for a year. She is aged 11. Her end of year results show again that she achieves around 60% of the marks as she answers 70% of the questions. She is risk averse and a per...
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