How to help your teenagers revise for exams

From avoiding threats and promises to fostering good sleeping habits and banning screens at bedtime

1 Ask if they need help. Help that’s not needed or asked for isn’t about their agenda, it’s about yours.

2 Do not buy books of revision tips and thrust them in front of your child – it’s too late and will just be something else for them to worry about. By all means buy books that help you cope with the runup to exams so you don’t become another source of stress for them, but keep them hidden.

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