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My son rips his school work!
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 358076" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Hi Lizzybee, welcome!</p><p>My son used to do that. Mostly, he did it at home, if his handwriting wasn't perfect, or if he was trying to draw a picture. He would scribble it out and start all over. Then he'd have so many scribbled things on the page, he'd rip it up.</p><p>Drove me nuts.</p><p>He used a pencil (they don't use pens until 5th or 6th gr, usually) and I kept reminding him to use the eraser. It took weeks. Sigh. </p><p>Sometimes I would write something and deliberately make a mistake and then erase it and say, loudly, "Oh, dear, I have to erase this now. Well, I guess that wasn't so bad." Sort of talking to myself but knowing he could hear ... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>I'm not sure how many school papers he has thrown out because they're not perfect, but now he's at the stage where he doesn't care at all, and just putting his name and the date at the top of the page is all the effort he'll put forth. Be careful what you wish for! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 358076, member: 3419"] Hi Lizzybee, welcome! My son used to do that. Mostly, he did it at home, if his handwriting wasn't perfect, or if he was trying to draw a picture. He would scribble it out and start all over. Then he'd have so many scribbled things on the page, he'd rip it up. Drove me nuts. He used a pencil (they don't use pens until 5th or 6th gr, usually) and I kept reminding him to use the eraser. It took weeks. Sigh. Sometimes I would write something and deliberately make a mistake and then erase it and say, loudly, "Oh, dear, I have to erase this now. Well, I guess that wasn't so bad." Sort of talking to myself but knowing he could hear ... :winking: I'm not sure how many school papers he has thrown out because they're not perfect, but now he's at the stage where he doesn't care at all, and just putting his name and the date at the top of the page is all the effort he'll put forth. Be careful what you wish for! :knockedout: [/QUOTE]
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