It offers sage advice on how to shift your thinking about your child and follows up with some very common sense, practical tips on how to move forward.

This book is a huge ray of hope for me, there's a saying that goes: "it takes a village to raise a child" however, to raise a teenager it surely takes more than just a village. They give up, not because they are lazy but because they don’t have the skills and brain ‘executive functions’ yet to cope. He has presented widely to both parents and educators on opting out, child development, and learning disabilities, and has appeared on “Good Day New York” and other programs to discuss topics ranging from discipline to the impact of video games on children.

If you do everything for your child, and don't let him fail, he will stop doing anything, because 1. Easy to dismissed boy's when they are growing and this book invites you to stop and think about what might be going on for them. Like many parents, I was shocked by recent revelations about sexual violence and harassment in UK schools. Parents, college students, teachers, and psychologists will gain a better understanding of the problem and know how to help teen boys who are going through it have a successful school career.

He's Not Lazy' is the first book to address this problem, to help parents understand the underlying issues affecting their sons and to offer a constructive alternative to fights and fruitless bouts of negotiation. I read this book because it was marketed to focus on raising boys with the ADHD however, it essentially applies to every male. Dealing with a child who struggles to do homework is a journey, and this book was just a little scenic tour in the journey!The ‘could-try-harder’ boy who is too cool, too busy, or too engrossed in his Xbox to put in the hours on his academics. However, as I was reading the introduction, I got already convinced that this book is going to be a great tool for me.

It’s the first one I’ve read in the area of understanding teenage boys that really spoke to me and made sense of this sometimes difficult season for families. There are many brilliant books out there, but this one stands out for meI REALLY worry about the impact the rising levels of perfectionism in young people is having on their mental health. As someone who is always looking for new evidence and creative thinking about young adults’ mental health and wellbeing, I have read a LOT of books about the teenage brain or raising kids. He explains why nagging and over-parenting simply exacerbates this issue, and how stepping back and giving boys more autonomy can help them become more self-directed and find their footing. The parents' change in perspective is the most important key; in the process, they will help their sons create self-sufficient, self-regulated plans.

For me, personally, one of the best things about this book was all the charts - whether it was about learning organizational skills, or giving you an arsenal of words to help your son learn about/describe himself, they were a great resource. Rather than reacting to pressure by shunning academic responsibilities altogether or propping up fear-based rebellion with justifications like “I am not going to be one of those nerds who have no life,” or “Tests don’t measure intelligence or help you learn, so what’s the point of studying for them? If you have a teenage boy with ADHD or a son who just lacks the focus to reach his academic potential, I wholeheartedly recommend this book to you.