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<blockquote data-quote="slsh" data-source="post: 240948" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>At 13? Natural consequences. But I should mention, in our house the natural consequences of anything less than a B (I'm a witch, I know) means I don't believe a word out of his mouth (my youngest son) until the next report card. I check with- teachers, I check online grades/assignments, and I'm *not* a happy camper to boot.</p><p> </p><p>Youngest son is also (unfortunately) very bright - and nothing sends me over the edge than to get a report card where every doggone test is a high A if not 100&#37;, and the vast majority of homework is a big fat zero, so his final grade is a C or less. Truly, makes me *insane*! </p><p> </p><p>The other thing we've done is make him communicate with teachers. He's in that annoying monosyllabic teen state, so we make him email, with cc: to me, LOL. I think that has actually been the most productive thing we've done because then he knows that we know, and there's a hard copy that he's not turning stuff in. No more of this happy story throughout the quarter of "Oh yes, I'm doing all my work, yada yada yada butterflies hearts and flowers" only to be greeted by an awful report card. </p><p> </p><p>I feel for you - truly. These middle-school years have just been awful in trying to transfer the responsibility and accountability to him!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slsh, post: 240948, member: 8"] At 13? Natural consequences. But I should mention, in our house the natural consequences of anything less than a B (I'm a witch, I know) means I don't believe a word out of his mouth (my youngest son) until the next report card. I check with- teachers, I check online grades/assignments, and I'm *not* a happy camper to boot. Youngest son is also (unfortunately) very bright - and nothing sends me over the edge than to get a report card where every doggone test is a high A if not 100%, and the vast majority of homework is a big fat zero, so his final grade is a C or less. Truly, makes me *insane*! The other thing we've done is make him communicate with teachers. He's in that annoying monosyllabic teen state, so we make him email, with cc: to me, LOL. I think that has actually been the most productive thing we've done because then he knows that we know, and there's a hard copy that he's not turning stuff in. No more of this happy story throughout the quarter of "Oh yes, I'm doing all my work, yada yada yada butterflies hearts and flowers" only to be greeted by an awful report card. I feel for you - truly. These middle-school years have just been awful in trying to transfer the responsibility and accountability to him! [/QUOTE]
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