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Originally Posted by FooserX  Well one possibility would be that he could be too smart for his classes. None of us here know your son, but what you have described sounds a little like what kids do when school bores them. If it’s not a challenge, they lose interest, and then bad grades happen. Just one thought…but that is probably wishful thinking for a parent.
I kinda am wondering how someone can be doing so horrible anyway. If you are home, and make him do his homework…how can he miss assignments? How can he not be learning something if you are there to make sure he’s spending time doing it? Do you guys work with him to be sure he’s getting it? How can he only want to be with friends and play video games? Why is he even allowed to do those things? |
Well, right now he is grounded from video games and his pc. But Im not sure thats working anymore, seeing how I just found out about the missing assignments and F in science and math. He has to write down in his agenda what he did in each class and any assignments. Every night we ask him to see it and we go over it and also ask if there is any homework if we dont see it written down. Most times he says he has none. A lot of these missing assignments - I would say at least 90% - are missing classwork. There doesnt seem to be a lot of homework, outside of any special projects, given by most of his teachers. I kind of find missing classwork even more frustrating because Im thnking "if youre not doing your assignments during class, what are you doing?". To which I get the excuses stated in my original post.
I hesitate grounding him from playing outdoors because I like him to get the fresh air and exercise, but he isnt allowed out until we have gone over his agenda for the day and homework is done. Im sure he just wants to get outside so he says "nope Mom, no homework tonight".