Canadian Family, September 2007
Now’s the time to get your teen on track for back to school
By Sharon Oosthoek
It’s a typical school morning at Maria D’alessandro’s Woodbridge, Ont. home, as her three boys communicate in grunts while she tries to herd them out the door on time.
“They drag their knuckles down the stairs. They’re troglodytes. They haven’t evolved yet,” laughs D’alessandro.
Mornings and teens have never really mixed, but now that summer is over, many will be battling to revert to their school-year sleep schedule. So how do you get your child on track while preserving your sanity?
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