Stress has increased in teens I recall walking into our Old Saybrook, CT or Madison, CT offices in the mid 2000s for our SAT classes. Joyful pandemonium.  Not because of SAT prep but because a bunch of teens were together without parental supervision.  Students from Shoreline, CT would meet each other or they would see […]

The Age of Constant Disruption The above link provides an easy to view sense of some of the issues that matter for parents who are trying to guide their children. Adapting Parental Guidance for the Evolving World of Work In an era where the landscape of work is rapidly changing, parents guiding their children towards […]

Of late, I have been working with an increasing number of former students in relation to career choice. We focus on this issue through our subsidiary Career Counseling Connecticut But happy to help all parents of students, particularly those who came to The Learning Consultants during their high school years. Over time, my mission has […]

I wrote Motivate Your Son in 2012.  I saw…. something… I did not want to sound alarmist but I was observing what I thought was a macro crisis: boys were floundering. My boy student-clients, mostly from the leafy suburbs of Madison and Guilford, at the time, were not thriving. I wondered how this would play out […]

James, a junior at Lyme-Old Lyme High School, thought he was not good at math.  So he didn’t try hard and since math has distinct answers, he often felt “stupid” (his word) when in math class. As I started working with James, I realized that he was not natively terrible in math.  He just never […]

“I get distracted.”  Chris, a sophomore at Valley Regional High School in Deep River,CT noted, as an explanation for why he “couldn’t study”. Chris’s mom had been an excellent student.  She did not understand that Chris’s natural way of studying was far different than hers.  Much like why great athletes are often not great coaches, […]

I spend some time working at The Brookings, the nation’s most well-known think tank.  As far as I could tell, the scholars working there were exceptional researchers who rarely spoke in hyperbole.  Their recent study, therefore, is particularly sobering. About a decade ago, I wrote Motivate Your Son.  I described the paths that I saw young […]

My youngest daughter wanted to become a teacher since she was age 5.  She headed to college believing that was her path.  During her senior year, she interned with the best teacher that I know – Jennifer Brodeur – from Old Saybrook.  She was also a natural.  She loves babysitting and teaches swim lessons.   I […]