What parent hasn’t dreaded report card time, especially when a child is underperforming?  How do two kids, born of the same genetic material, turn out so differently when it comes to school performance and their work ethic? When is it wrong if the “problem” child gets more attention than the one who gets his work done and maintains good grades?  These are questions most households face and we are definitely in the middle of them right now.

My older son, Will, is multi-talented when it comes to music and disinterested when it comes to school.  He plays several instruments and is almost a walking encyclopedia of contemporary music and even knows quite a bit about music from previous generations.  He’s also multi-talented at fooling me about his school-work, even though he’s clear the truth about his grades will always surface.