Succeeding in School - Episode 1333

: Episode 1333 - The amazing Serena Scott Thomas joins Vinnie for this Sunday School episode, and the two talk Tallulah's recent graduation, making sure your children are getting schoolwork done and succeeding in all facets of school, why keeping score is important, and more. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Coffee Club Pure Vitamin Club GRADUATION Tallulah graduated a couple of weeks ago Graduated with 'highest distinction' UVA doesn't have Cum Laude etc., they do levels of distinction for distinguished major programs instead Majored in Political Philosophy, Policy and Law Wrote a thesis; all of the kids in her major did and the topics were all super interesting She wrote on VIS - picked a controversial side of the topic to write on UVA has a lot of interesting traditions; call freshmen 1st years, sophomores 2nd years, campus is Grounds, etc. SUCCEEDING IN SCHOOL Tallulah went to high school with a lot of celebrity kids Privilege oozing around her She never had tutors or anything like that in high school Did it all on her own Didn't have nightly load of work Buckled down when she needed to and all of that Vinnie and Serena didn't need to hold her hand Try to motivate your children without being too Type A Some children need more hand-holding than others We need to try and teach them independence, go for success With hard work, our kids can succeed We hurt our kids by forcing them into one field, one sport, etc. Don't force your kid to only play baseball Encourage them to play multiple sports This will help their athletic ability overall, too Not keeping score is not good Keeping score helps kids learn and grow