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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 216420"><p>I will give you the benefit of my hindsight and let you decide what you think of it.</p><p></p><p>When easy child was severely depressed, his academics became second, naturally. The problem became that it stayed that way - for him. Nothing I did at home as far as punishment for grades worked anymore. He failed (of course, this was 5th grade) and they kept passing him along - all the way into high school. So, no matter what I did at home, it didn't matter because he knew the SD would pass him along. (I asked them to hold him back in the 8th grade because he FAILED it and they looked at me like I had grown horns. "Oh, but that's so bad for their self-esteem." Yeah, tell that to the 9th grade English teachers who don't have time, but have to reteach what the kids were supposed to learn in the lower grades just so they could do the work in her class. Anyway.....) He hasn't been depressed for years.</p><p></p><p>Now he's in his senior year and is taking a full schedule just to have enough credits to graduate, while the rest of his friends have an easy schedule because they've already gotten most of their credits and required courses. </p><p></p><p>Depression svcks. But, if you allow her to wallow in it, she will. She might need some extra assistance - maybe extra time to turn assignments in or something - but I still think she should be responsible. If I had it to do over again, I would do it differently. It becomes a viscious cycle.</p><p></p><p>And since I have this experience, I'm to the point with Wynter where she is going to either sink or swim. She's either going to do the work with the online charter school or she's going back to regular school and I'm not fighting her on it anymore. No more excuses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 216420"] I will give you the benefit of my hindsight and let you decide what you think of it. When easy child was severely depressed, his academics became second, naturally. The problem became that it stayed that way - for him. Nothing I did at home as far as punishment for grades worked anymore. He failed (of course, this was 5th grade) and they kept passing him along - all the way into high school. So, no matter what I did at home, it didn't matter because he knew the SD would pass him along. (I asked them to hold him back in the 8th grade because he FAILED it and they looked at me like I had grown horns. "Oh, but that's so bad for their self-esteem." Yeah, tell that to the 9th grade English teachers who don't have time, but have to reteach what the kids were supposed to learn in the lower grades just so they could do the work in her class. Anyway.....) He hasn't been depressed for years. Now he's in his senior year and is taking a full schedule just to have enough credits to graduate, while the rest of his friends have an easy schedule because they've already gotten most of their credits and required courses. Depression svcks. But, if you allow her to wallow in it, she will. She might need some extra assistance - maybe extra time to turn assignments in or something - but I still think she should be responsible. If I had it to do over again, I would do it differently. It becomes a viscious cycle. And since I have this experience, I'm to the point with Wynter where she is going to either sink or swim. She's either going to do the work with the online charter school or she's going back to regular school and I'm not fighting her on it anymore. No more excuses. [/QUOTE]
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