Is your tween or teen completely checked out of school? You’re not alone — and you’re not out of options.

In this episode of the Parent Support Circle, Curtis and RJ dig into the real reasons kids disengage from school (hint: it’s rarely laziness), and share six practical strategies for helping them find their motivation again.

From connecting school to your kid’s actual interests, to engineering small wins, to the no-stress check-in ritual that gets kids talking — this one is packed.

Plus: RJ tells us what it took to help Josh and Amanda reconnect with school, and Curtis admits he had this exact conversation with his own daughter this morning.

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Timestamps

0:00 — Cold Open: Curtis’ real morning

1:30 — The Monday Morning Story (Dana & Maya)

5:00 — Why kids stop caring (and it’s not laziness)

9:30 — Strategy 1: Connect school to their world

13:00 — Strategy 2: Effort over grades

17:00 — Strategy 3: Engineer a win

20:00 — Strategy 4: The no-stress check-in

24:00 — Strategies 5 & 6: Teachers + the basics

27:00 — How Dana & Maya’s story resolved

30:00 — Outro & community CTA