Parenting Solutions for Teen & Pre-Teen Education & Behavior

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  26: The Real Problem Behind School Struggles 07.06.2026 18นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Your child is melting down over today’s assignment and it feels urgent, personal, and unsolvable. But what if the fight, the tears, or the “I hate this class” speech isn’t really about what’s on the page right now? We break down a simple idea with huge consequences: the problem your child is running into is rarely the real problem. Confusion, resistance, and emotional blowups often trace back to an ea...
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  25: Stress, Anxiety and Learning. Finding a Path to Competence & Success 10.05.2026 20นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Grades can turn school into a daily stress test for both kids and parents. We take a different angle: real education is not about stuffing a head with facts or performing on one big exam, it is about building competence that shows up in life. We talk about why memorising for tests is often the least important reason to learn, and how that belief quietly fuels anxiety, power struggles, and the feeling t...
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  24: Mike's Personal Education Story: Beavers In English Class And Other Learning Adventures 12.04.2026 21นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! A single misheard word in fifth grade quietly derails Mike’s understanding for years, until a later breakthrough makes the whole pattern obvious. We connect that moment to a repeatable set of study tools that help kids, teens, and adults rebuild fundamentals and learn with confidence. • Mike’s “beavers” misunderstanding and how one word blanks a whole lesson • Why students hide confusion a...
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  23: How To Help A Teen Find Purpose By Mastering The Basics 22.03.2026 20นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! A teen can be polite, non-rebellious, and still be drifting toward a dead stop. No goals, no interest in college or trade school, no desire to work, and no clear sense of purpose. We dig into a surprising root cause that hides in plain sight: they may have never experienced real mastery, especially the kind that comes from reading with full understanding. When learning has always felt confusing, motiva...
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  22: Teach Children To Observe, Decide, And Act For A Happier Life 08.03.2026 21นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! What if the fastest way to help your child thrive is to slow everything down? We walk through a simple framework—observe, decide, act—that turns everyday hiccups into quiet masterclasses in judgment, confidence, and real-life skills. Instead of punishing mistakes or rushing to fix them, we show how to coach calm attention, invite better choices, and support follow-through so kids feel capable and proud...
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  21: Why Kids Struggle In School & How to Fix It 01.03.2026 17นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! When a child brings home A’s but skips class, or melts down when math comes out, something deeper is going on. We dig into why two very different patterns—low grades and high‑risk behavior—can spring from the same broken learning process, and how a simple framework helps parents turn confusion into capability. We start by redefining what “struggling in school” really means. Mike draws on 35 years of w...
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  20: Rethinking Labels In Education 22.02.2026 22นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Ever feel like a label replaced a lesson? We take a hard look at “arbitraries”—opinions and judgments dropped into the learning process without reason—and show how they quietly turn real educational problems into medicalized stories. From glossy assessments to trending diagnoses, we trace how false solutions enter classrooms, reshape expectations, and nudge parents toward treatments that do not teach. ...
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  19: Rethinking ADHD And Dyslexia Through The Simple Power Of Words 15.02.2026 23นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! A fast-food billboard shouldn’t be a study lesson, but “Welcome to delicious” says a lot about how language really works—and why so many teens feel lost when textbooks, teachers, and everyday speech don’t match. We dig into that gap with Mike, exploring how creative phrasing can be both inspiring and misleading, and we show parents how to turn confusion into confidence without leaning on empty labels. ...
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  18: Why Kids Feel Sick Of or From Studying 08.02.2026 23นาที

  CLICK HERE to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Ever watch a kid wake up queasy on school days but bounce back on weekends? We dig into a counterintuitive truth: sometimes the “sick” feeling isn’t a virus or avoidance—it’s the body’s response to information overload when lessons stack up without any hands-on anchor. Mike and I share why even high-performing students can feel dizzy, nauseous, or headachy while genuinely understanding the material, an...
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  17: How Small Learning Gaps Can Boil Over Into Tantrums & Trouble 01.02.2026 24นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Ever wondered why a calm afternoon can explode into a full-blown tantrum? We pull back the curtain on what’s really driving those blowups and show how small, fixable issues—skipped steps, unclear words, and mismatched levels—can snowball into big emotions. Through Nicole’s journey, you’ll hear how moving a child up too quickly in swim class and limiting her to a tiny book selection at the YMCA quietly ...
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  16: Solve Dyslexia With Simple Educational Steps 18.01.2026 18นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! What if dyslexia isn’t a life sentence but a familiarity gap you can close with a simple plan? We dig into the practical side of helping kids and teens read with confidence by focusing on what actually trips them up: a small set of letter-sound patterns and the sequence they learn them in. With 26 letters and a finite group of common letter combinations, reading becomes less of a mystery and more of a ...
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  15: Why Misbehavior Often Starts With Misunderstanding 11.01.2026 23นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! If school feels like a daily battlefield at home, there’s a deeper cause most families miss: confusion masquerading as misbehavior. We pull apart how unclear words, shaky reading skills, and assumed “basics” create stress that kids eventually fight—by checking out, acting up, or hiding behind test tricks that raise grades but kill understanding. We start by mapping the hidden influences beyond home—te...
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  14: Education Breakthrough: Unlock Better Learning At Home 04.01.2026 24นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Ever feel like homework wars and school stress are symptoms, not the cause? We pull back the curtain on why family tension and unspoken issues quietly sabotage learning, then show how a simple practice—clearing the air—restores trust, focus, and momentum. Not with lectures or guilt, but with practical tools, safer conversations, and a shared set of principles the whole family can use. To make this rea...
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  13: Bullying: Root Cause Learning Strategies Stop, Defuse & Eliminate 28.12.2025 23นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Bullying doesn’t start on the playground; it often starts where learning breaks down. We take you inside the root causes that push teens and preteens into the bullying game, then show how mastery, purpose, and true engagement pull them out—for good. Drawing on personal stories and practical tools, we map a path parents can use to make their kids “bulletproof” by restoring control over study, connecting...
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  12: Unlocking Creativity Through Music and Lifelong Learning 01.02.2025 48นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Join us for an enriching conversation with Danny from Danny Tyrell Studios, a musician who has journeyed through Detroit's iconic music scene. From playing his first gig at just 14 to opening for Motown legends like Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, Danny brings a wealth of experience and nostalgia from an era that shaped modern music. As we talk about the vibrant live music culture of Detroit, Danny sha...
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  11: Breaking Barriers to Education with Barbie Rivera - Author, Educator & Parent 25.09.2024 41นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! What would you do if your child's future was being dictated by a misdiagnosis? On this heartfelt episode of The Competence Institute podcast, we sit down with Barbie Rivera, author, educator and parent, who recounts her powerful journey advocating for her son Damon. Wrongly labeled as mentally handicapped for confusing letters, Damon was faced with a future of medication. Hear how Barbie's unwavering...
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  10: Confident & Happy Teens: Personalized Education for Success 29.03.2024 36นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Unlock the secrets of transformative education with Ann Cigainero, a visionary educator with over thirty years of dedication to study technology. Ann captivates us with her pioneering journey in creating a school founded on L. Ron Hubbard's educational principles, where personalized learning and nearly perfect comprehension aren't just goals—they're the standard. As we discuss the profound impact that ...
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  09: Study Improvements for Business Success 23.01.2024 35นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Unlock the rhythm of success with Bob Bolt, a maestro in both the spheres of business and music, as he shares his harmonious approach to mastering new skills and knowledge. Striking a chord, Bob's narrative reveals the power behind understanding the intricate symbols and terminology that resonate across disciplines, from musical notation to mathematical equations. His simple story of helping a peer na...
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  08: Competence, World Impact & Personal Success 20.01.2024 42นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! Competence: the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. When you think of a classroom, what comes to mind? The chalky scent of blackboards, or perhaps the hum of a projector? Now, imagine a place where education fuels not just the mind, but the very spirit of community itself. Cary Goulston joins us to unravel the threads of traditional teaching, weaving a vibrant tapestry of study techn...
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  07: Understanding Words in Learning & Life 15.12.2023 7นาที

  Click Here to get your FREE Parents Survival Guide and Good Choices Downloads and Booklets! What if your struggle with a subject or even a passion could be traced back to a few misunderstood words? Join us as we unravel the intriguing, yet often neglected, concept of the misunderstood word with our co-founder and study technology expert, Mike. We're shedding light on how such words are not mere stumbling blocks to a particular topic, but can cause disinterest or confusion around the entire s...