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<blockquote data-quote="ROE" data-source="post: 40452" data-attributes="member: 2276"><p>Thanks neednewtechnique. I did read your previous post but obviously I forgot your screen name, duh. When busywend referred to it I thought you were a website or a book. lol.</p><p></p><p>It was your previous post that got me to thinking about my new "plan" I want difficult child to be accountable for his school work. I am not going to hound him to do it. But I also added a consequence for not doing it. Basically he would have to earn his priviliges by completing homework since he previously asked me to be more strict?! Hmm, I make have to rethink that one especially since by the end of the evening he had already "forgotten" about our agreement and was fighting me on it. The situation definitely has brought out an increase in OD behavior which I expected. He went so far as to tell he wasn't going to take a shower because "I told him to". I told him that I didn't care because I wasn't the one who had to sit next to him in class. He says "Nobody has the nerve to tell me that I stink". The exchange was lighthearted and his tone was joking. But guess what, he didn't take a shower. I am asking myself whether it's worth the hassle. I have written off this year-it's his worst academic year ever.</p><p></p><p>One question I do have for you, what do you do if your difficult child doesn't do the work at all? Do you just let it fall back on the natural consequence of failing? This is a big issue with my difficult child right now. I think that he is so far behind that it's overwhelming. He's given up but he won't admit it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ROE, post: 40452, member: 2276"] Thanks neednewtechnique. I did read your previous post but obviously I forgot your screen name, duh. When busywend referred to it I thought you were a website or a book. lol. It was your previous post that got me to thinking about my new "plan" I want difficult child to be accountable for his school work. I am not going to hound him to do it. But I also added a consequence for not doing it. Basically he would have to earn his priviliges by completing homework since he previously asked me to be more strict?! Hmm, I make have to rethink that one especially since by the end of the evening he had already "forgotten" about our agreement and was fighting me on it. The situation definitely has brought out an increase in OD behavior which I expected. He went so far as to tell he wasn't going to take a shower because "I told him to". I told him that I didn't care because I wasn't the one who had to sit next to him in class. He says "Nobody has the nerve to tell me that I stink". The exchange was lighthearted and his tone was joking. But guess what, he didn't take a shower. I am asking myself whether it's worth the hassle. I have written off this year-it's his worst academic year ever. One question I do have for you, what do you do if your difficult child doesn't do the work at all? Do you just let it fall back on the natural consequence of failing? This is a big issue with my difficult child right now. I think that he is so far behind that it's overwhelming. He's given up but he won't admit it. [/QUOTE]
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