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D'OH! He really IS a difficult child!
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 192445" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>This is so like both of my kids. They had an <em>excuse</em>! That's the end of it for them. No matter how much you try to rationalize with them that the excuse is just for the time, not the work, they will play that card in their mind.</p><p></p><p>In hindsight, Susiestar is right. Set a minimum standard and let the chips fall where they may. I wish I had done that. I was also not happy with the idea that I was to check a homework sheet for M as a Junior in high school. Puh-lease! <em>He</em> can check his homework sheet. Of course, you know how well it turned out for M and us. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I just couldn't take it anymore, though. I'd been babysitting M and his homework for 11 years by then, and it only made it my problem. I wish I had been to this web-site before things got so bad for us. I would have enacted "do to get" way early in the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 192445, member: 99"] This is so like both of my kids. They had an [i]excuse[/i]! That's the end of it for them. No matter how much you try to rationalize with them that the excuse is just for the time, not the work, they will play that card in their mind. In hindsight, Susiestar is right. Set a minimum standard and let the chips fall where they may. I wish I had done that. I was also not happy with the idea that I was to check a homework sheet for M as a Junior in high school. Puh-lease! [i]He[/i] can check his homework sheet. Of course, you know how well it turned out for M and us. :( I just couldn't take it anymore, though. I'd been babysitting M and his homework for 11 years by then, and it only made it my problem. I wish I had been to this web-site before things got so bad for us. I would have enacted "do to get" way early in the game. [/QUOTE]
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