January offers a fresh start in school  Maybe it's a good time to help your son (and /or daughter) get organized. This article offers some specific steps and recommends an interesting book on the topic.

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Organizing-goals-middle-school-boys/

Motivating Kids to Read

Perhaps the teenagers in your family were once avid readers but now hardly ever open a book, or perhaps they never liked reading in the first place.

As an adult, you know that reading is important and you obviously want to make sure that the teenagers in your life grow into adulthood with all the skills they need to succeed.

In this article, RIF suggests how parents can help teenagers decide for themselves that reading is important to their lives.

Read more:
http://www.rif.org/us/literacy-resources/articles/teenagers-and-reading.htm