The Telegraph: Stick, carrot, or shoulder to cry on: how to parent a GCSE student during the pandemic

How can parents of GCSE students keep their children motivated and positive for the future in the face of so much uncertainty?

For kids who should be facing GCSEs, the future is as clear as mud. They’re ploughing on with online lessons, unsure how their exhausted teachers will assess them this year.

Parents are tearing their hair out, with some adolescents barely seeing the light of day. “I caught my son watching Peep Show during lessons,” says one mum. “And we have to suck up to the teachers as they are the ones doling out the grades.”

Read the piece on The Telegraph website