As the summer months approach, parents are faced with the challenge of keeping their children entertained, engaged, and also preparing them for the next school year. While academic pursuits are important, parents can both support their child’s academic success and overall well-being by promoting independence in children during this time off from school. Families can …
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What if I told you that your family can learn how to be happier this school year. What do I mean? Well, three common areas that drain happiness from a family during the school year are unmet expectations, organizational chaos, and procrastination. I am continually nagging my teenage son about homework. My children are always …
Have you ever felt that your Executive Functioning skills may be the reason why the big, once-in-a-lifetime goals that you have for yourself are still undone? The Chicago Family Tutor offers coaching for individuals, students and families who want to engage with the big and the small goals in their lives. Working on skills such …
Once-in-a-Lifetime Goals and Executive Functioning: Q&A with Lindsay Zoeller Read More »
The Chicago Family Tutor exists to support individuals, students and families to find solutions that work for them and are sustainable throughout life. For many people, the trial and error of finding those solutions can be exhausting without support. And many times, the follow-through and consistent implementation of those solutions is often difficult without accountability. …
Solutions That Actually Work: Q&A with Eileen Nordmeyer Read More »
Now before you get too stressed by the title of this entry, note that I didn’t say “good grades” are important. Of course, good grades are much more fun to receive, but they aren’t any more or less important than bad grades. The reason that I assert that grades are important is not because they …
This week, I find myself pondering the concept of gratitude. Of course, this is the perfect time of year to give thanks, regardless of how you celebrate the holiday. But gratitude isn’t just important on Thanksgiving. It is beneficial every day because gratitude is good for both your mental health AND your executive functioning. Correlation …
Your child is at risk of failing their least favorite class. You want to prevent that from happening, but struggle with accountability and consequences. Maybe you consider cutting off their social life or taking away their phone until their grade is up. But you don’t want them to be miserable or feel defeated. Parenting your …
Parenting through Failures, An Executive Function Lens (Part 1) Read More »
It is now a couple of weeks into the new school year! It may be that those new routines that you set for yourself and your family are starting to seem a little too ambitious. If you are noticing that inevitable slip ups and off days are starting to turn into bad habits, you may …
The end of the school year is upon us! Sweet pictures of kindergarten graduations are filling my scrolls through social media, and sentimental, reflective posts from proud parents of graduating seniors are making me smile. Everywhere around me I am noticing small movements of change and hope. My neighbors’ houses that were quiet and stoic …
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Have you ever labeled yourself or someone else in a negative way? This is more of a rhetorical question, not one to make you feel bad about yourself. Because, let’s be honest, we all have done it. “I’m just not good at staying organized.” “She is such a procrastinator.” “They are always late.” “He just …
Finding Goal-Oriented Solutions that Don’t Short-Circuit Your Brain Read More »