<p>OP, I’ll give you the secret sauce (no charge):</p>
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<li> Show this thread to your child, so that it is a true team effort.</li>
<li> In every class, stay one chapter ahead in the books.</li>
<li> Understand for yourself, and then teach your child, how to take “Cornell Notes”.</li>
<li> Do all assignments when given, not when due.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you do these things, attending class, is just “review” for your child. The content, and maybe more importantly the “context”, is already known and will become the opportunity for your child to be very active in the class: asking “good questions” and answering the difficult questions in support of the class; this creates automatic academic leadership. Learning academic time management skills must be taught at home because it will not taught in school.</p>
<p>If you do the above as a team, your child will have all the time in the world for all the ECs that interest him/her, friends, chores, and even some non-academic family time (LOL).</p>
<p>No need to “push” at all, ever. It is time to teach and to lead.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>