Crumpled homework and missed assignments. Lack of focus and enthusiasm. Falling grades and general ambivalence. For too many boys and their frustrated parents, these are the facts of life. But they don’t have to be.

Through her work, Ana Homayoun realized how boys are often different from girls when it comes to organization, time-management and study skills – a fact well known to many parents with both sons and daughters. Since founding Green Ivy Educational Consulting, she has helped turn even the most disorganized, scattered and unfocused boys into successful young people who consistently meet their personal and academic challenges. She does this by getting back to basics – starting with a simple fact: Most boys need to be taught how to get organized, how to study, and – most important – how to visualize, embrace, and meet their own goals.

With an accessible style and no-nonsense approach, Homayoun’s new book, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Find Success in School and Life, is an insightful, user-friendly book that provides a roadmap for the success too many boys currently have trouble finding – in school and in life.