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Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades And What You Can Do About It: A Six-Step Program for Parents and Teachers

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The author avoids the psycho-pop-educational jargon to diagnosis the problem of bright kids who get bad grades, and also provide reasonable, helpful "cures" for the challenge. As a parent, I really enjoyed the book and received her advise as not only the wisdom of a seasoned professional, but the wisdom of good old common sense. Much appreciated.

I was looking for a book to help me get my 15 year old underachieving son back on track in school. I needed specifics and information that would be relevant to a teenager. This book had a lot of information about underachievers and about homework struggles in general, but it is geared towards elementary and middle school students. Reward systems and check-in lists for teachers were big suggestions and they will not work for high schoolers. The advice about parenting the different kinds of underachievers was helpful, though. We have been fairly indulgent and will definitely promote more independence in our son from here on out. I disagreed with the cross-gender identification advice, though. I think most families have one parent that will have more insight and patience for supervising homework and it isn't necessarily (or even usually) the father, for the sons or daughters. Also, as a pediatrician, I was dismayed to read outdated ideas and advice about ADHD. The ability of a very active ("hyperactive") child to sit and play video games does NOT mean that the child can pay attention when asked to perform less interesting or engaging tasks, such as schoolwork. Overall, though, it provided a lot of general information about underachieving children, just not enough specifics for teenagers.

Thanks so much to the author of this book for helping us figure out why our bright child refuses to do his school work- it's so easy for him.

This is a book parents and educators alike would benefit from reading. From the title I thought it only applied to gifted students who are not movitated to learn to their full potential but it applies to all students. The author identifies traits all of us have that impacts how we learn and recommends strategies to improve learning. Excellent, though-provoking, and an easy read!

Very good information that I could easily start using. Have already seen HUGE differences.