Richard Hogan: Why right now is the optimal time to help your Leaving Cert student

Students often hold such a negative view of their potential that they develop a shield to protect themselves from inevitable failure

Richard Hogan: We all crave routine and building momentum is all about putting a healthy routine in place so that they put themselves in the optimal position to achieve in an exam. It is also important that our children know that there are many roads to any destination.

THIS time of year can be tricky. 

The mood swings, the food demands, and the constant walking on eggshells to maintain the equilibrium of tumultuous teenage emotions. Having a Leaving Certificate student in the house can feel like you are living with a diva, Mariah Carey on steroids.