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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 377675" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>JJJ--</p><p> </p><p>I used to battle difficult child over homework for hours on end. Special projects were the WORST!!!</p><p> </p><p>And what did I get for all my time, effort and aggravation? difficult child would earn an A or a B, I would get a report from the teacher that she was SUCH a good student and all I got from difficult child was ATTITUDE.</p><p> </p><p>What I learned the hard way, was that all my time and effort spent in getting difficult child to do the homework was ALSO putting a "whitewash" on difficult child's issues. Me <em>explaining</em> the homework battles was useless....because everyone's response was "<em>but she does such good work and gets</em> <em>such good grades</em>...".</p><p> </p><p>If I had it to do over, I would let the teachers know difficult child's attitude in regards to putting in an effort on homework and special projects and then I would back off. I would let difficult child's work speak for itself. I would let the incomplete, sloppy projects stand. I would let others observe that maybe, difficult child really did have some sort of issue that needed addressing....</p><p> </p><p>As much as it stinks....I think you need to let her fall as she may. If there really is an underlying learning disability - this will expose it sooner rather than later.</p><p> </p><p>And if she is just being stubborn? Well....there's no reason to take it out on you. Let her learn the consequences on her own while she is still young enough to change for the better...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 377675, member: 6546"] JJJ-- I used to battle difficult child over homework for hours on end. Special projects were the WORST!!! And what did I get for all my time, effort and aggravation? difficult child would earn an A or a B, I would get a report from the teacher that she was SUCH a good student and all I got from difficult child was ATTITUDE. What I learned the hard way, was that all my time and effort spent in getting difficult child to do the homework was ALSO putting a "whitewash" on difficult child's issues. Me [I]explaining[/I] the homework battles was useless....because everyone's response was "[I]but she does such good work and gets[/I] [I]such good grades[/I]...". If I had it to do over, I would let the teachers know difficult child's attitude in regards to putting in an effort on homework and special projects and then I would back off. I would let difficult child's work speak for itself. I would let the incomplete, sloppy projects stand. I would let others observe that maybe, difficult child really did have some sort of issue that needed addressing.... As much as it stinks....I think you need to let her fall as she may. If there really is an underlying learning disability - this will expose it sooner rather than later. And if she is just being stubborn? Well....there's no reason to take it out on you. Let her learn the consequences on her own while she is still young enough to change for the better... [/QUOTE]
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