20/08/2025
✨ New Blog ✨ It’s that time of the year again – Exam Results!
Last week, 14th August, was A’ level results day. Thursday, 21st August, is GCSE results day.
And with both of these days comes a whole range of emotions: nervousness, apprehension, disappointment or excitement.
✨ Whilst this day is full of nerves for both parents and their teenagers, one thing is certain: nothing that happens on those days can change what has led up to this point, so it’s all about moving forward – whether good or not quite the outcome that was hoped for.
And whilst, if disappointments arise it might feel like the end of the road, the second truth is that it’s really only the beginning. The beginning of many opportunities to come. 🙌
As the saying goes, “Ones best successes come after their greatest disappointment” (Henry Ward Beecher).
⚡️ If disappointment is something your teenager faces this week, although they may not see it at first, their results leave them with OPPORTUNITY – the opportunity to give up, or the opportunity to try again, and the opportunity to perhaps try a different path that can lead to even more opportunity!
⚡️ Because when we frame disappointment in a positive light, we know it’s not the end of the road – and it gives us the hope and courage to try again.
🤯 Disappointments often lead to a spiral of negative thinking in the immediate aftermath. It’s important, once your teenager has had time to process this, that we support them in finding new ways to reframe this in a way that proves helpful and motivating to them.
So, head on over to The Parent Pad to read this week’s blog in full for more on:
🧚 How to reframe setbacks as opportunities
🧚 How to help motivate your teen after a setback
🧚 What to say and what to do next
Take a read here: 👇👇👇
https://www.theyouthfairy.com/exam-results-2022/
