by Beth Beamish | Aug 4, 2025 | Dyslexia Blog, Parenting tips
Do you ever get sick of nagging your child to do their chores? I love my son Harry, but his teen years are challenging. Do you find it difficult to know how much of your child’s lack of follow-through is because of dyslexia or their other learning challenges,...
by Beth Beamish | Aug 4, 2025 | Dyslexia Blog, Other Learning Challenges
Thanks to dyscalculia tutor Katharine Beaumont for her help with this post. Mathematics – even the word makes me sweat. Trying to say dyscalculia sends me into a tailspin. At school, I had a very old-fashioned maths teacher who sat his pupils according to their latest...
by Beth Beamish | Aug 4, 2025 | Dyslexia Blog, Parenting tips
As a parent of a child with dyslexia, helping my son deal with bullying is an ongoing challenge. I asked U.K.-based Parenting Support Specialist Nicola Bailey if she would allow me to adapt her post on how to give bullying a pushback. She graciously agreed. What is...
by Beth Beamish | Aug 4, 2025 | Dyslexia Blog, Education & Parenting
I first asked, could this be a sign of dyslexia? when my son, Harry, was five years old. Harry couldn’t spot his name on the coat pegs at school, but because he was so young, I didn’t worry about it being a sign of dyslexia. When he got to seven and still...
by Beth Beamish | Aug 4, 2025 | Dyslexia Blog, Other Learning Challenges
My sixteen-year-old son, Harry, loves music. He enjoys playing instruments, listening to songs, even singing, but he absolutely hates writing about music. Last night he tried to finish his music homework. The assignment required him to write about a Beethoven concert...
