{"id":1535,"date":"2021-05-19T21:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/does-my-child-need-a-tutor\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T21:44:10","slug":"does-my-child-need-a-tutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/does-my-child-need-a-tutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Does my child need a tutor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing sends a clearer message about your child&rsquo;s education than a failing grade. Usually, there are signs that your child needs help before that kind of report card arrives. <a href=\"\/-p1017-qxid%7C1109221058.html\">Talk to your child&rsquo;s teachers<\/a> if you suspect there&rsquo;s a problem. In many cases, they will have suggestions to help you address educational challenges. Your school&rsquo;s guidance counselor can also be an excellent resource.<\/p><p>It can be difficult to determine the cause of the trouble your child might be having at school. While sometimes the teacher may not be a perfect match for your child&rsquo;s learning style, remember that the problem could also be as simple as your child needing a new prescription for his glasses or to to be moved away from a distracting student.<\/p><h2><strong>Warning Signs<\/strong><\/h2><p>However, it might be time to take action if your child:<\/p><ul><li>Seems to work hard, but still receives mediocre grades.<\/li><li>Takes a surprisingly long time to finish what seems like a basic homework assignment.<\/li><li>Despairs that he will never do well in school.<\/li><li>Gets easily distracted when trying to <a href=\"\/-p1017-qxid%7C1108170555.html\">focus on homework<\/a> and makes excuses about why it isn&rsquo;t getting done.<\/li><li>Frequently expresses frustration with particular teachers or subjects.<\/li><li>Gets angry with you when you try to explain something she doesn&rsquo;t understand.<\/li><li>Starts to say he hates school and doesn&rsquo;t see the point of doing well.<\/li><li>Might be an advanced learner who is bored with classes and needs more challenging work to stay focused.<\/li><li>Appears stressed and anxious about scoring well on the SATs and other standardized tests, which could trigger difficulties at school or at home.<\/li><\/ul><h2><strong>How to Get Help<\/strong><\/h2><p>If you see your child struggling, take action.<\/p><ul><li>Talk with your child<\/li><li>Remember that your child&rsquo;s teacher and school guidance counselor are trained to address this type of situation.<\/li><li>Make an appointment with one or both of them.<\/li><li>Tell them your concerns and see what their perspective is.<\/li><li>Reach out for help; <a href=\"\/find-a-tutor\" title=\"care.com\/find-a-tutor\">find a tutor<\/a> or a <a href=\"\/tutoring\">tutoring center<\/a> in your area who can work with your child one-on-one.<\/li><\/ul><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/113520747523418127836?rel=author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tiffany Smith<\/a>&nbsp;has written for <\/em>All You, Time for Kids<em> and the <\/em>Boston Globe<em>. And as a former babysitter, she knows a lot about fun games to play with kids. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tiffanyiswrite\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@tiffanyiswrite<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing sends a clearer message about your child&#8217;s education than a failing grade. Usually, there are signs that your child needs help before that kind of report card arrives. Talk to your child&#8217;s teachers if you suspect there&#8217;s a problem. In many cases, they will have suggestions to help you address educational challenges. Your school&#8217;s <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/does-my-child-need-a-tutor\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":790,"featured_media":8041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2021-05-19","view_count":1972,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[3],"vertical":[6,17,16],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-1535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-seeker","vertical-children","vertical-child-care-advice","vertical-child-care-options","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":"2009-10-25","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/790"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}