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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 348020" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>We struggle with similar issues with difficult child 1. Most things in life he just could care less about and will do a half-hearted job at. If it's something he loves, like a video game or playing lacrosse, he gives it 110%. We've recently added Tegretol to see if that helps with the mood problems he's had, and are also hoping it helps with motivation. Some people have to learn the hard way. And some people are just not motivated by an intangible like a grade. I know my brother was very much like that as a kid. He took one semester of community college and then found out he could make a boatload of money with the computer work he'd been dabbling, so he went to work for himself and never went back. Money was his motivator. Sadly, though, if he ever needed to work for a company, he now lacks the formal education to get the salary he would need to survive. He's pretty much painted himself into a self-employment corner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 348020, member: 3444"] We struggle with similar issues with difficult child 1. Most things in life he just could care less about and will do a half-hearted job at. If it's something he loves, like a video game or playing lacrosse, he gives it 110%. We've recently added Tegretol to see if that helps with the mood problems he's had, and are also hoping it helps with motivation. Some people have to learn the hard way. And some people are just not motivated by an intangible like a grade. I know my brother was very much like that as a kid. He took one semester of community college and then found out he could make a boatload of money with the computer work he'd been dabbling, so he went to work for himself and never went back. Money was his motivator. Sadly, though, if he ever needed to work for a company, he now lacks the formal education to get the salary he would need to survive. He's pretty much painted himself into a self-employment corner. [/QUOTE]
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