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Falling grades in school, what to do?
Both of my teens' (13 & 14) Social Studies, Chemistry and English grades are going downhill. They have been, up until now straight grade A students, I am a stay at home mom, they are not using drugs or have problems whatsoever (besides hitting adolescence). Both of them are in private school, and both my husband and I have talked long and hard to them about it, but it seems the only problems they have are,
1. They love playing soccer, since we are on a trust-trust basis, they have told us their homework was done, we allowed them to go play. Turns out they have not handed some of their investigations because they "forgot".
2. Luckily, they have me present to help whenever they want to, but (again, i trusted them they had prepared for them), the headmaster says they did not study for some of the tests.
Seeing their maturity, we tried to reason them into being responsible students. Is it time to take away privileges (Wii, iPods, soccer and such)?
Help me make a right decision, please.
3 Answers
- franjaLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
Tell them that they have broken the "trust-trust" relationship you had with them.
So you're going to have to go back to the "parent-child" relationship you used to have with them - until they prove they are mature enough to handle this 'adult' relationship - and thereby regain your trust.
How long it takes - is up to them!
- 1 decade ago
Im in highschool, and i ushally make straight A's. If i bring home a C i ushally get in trouble. The odds are they dont really care, probley not doing homework or not studing like they need to. I would take away TV,computer, video games etc, untill they bring it up. Make them do extra work around the house untill the grades are brought up. They will soon start finishing everything first thing so the grades will come up.
- 1 decade ago
Absolutely take away their privileges until they raise their grades. As their parents it's your job to teach them how to set priorities and do well in school.
