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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 385604" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>You've gotten lots of good suggestions already...just adding in my 2 cents on letting school deal with school issues as much as you can. Fourth grade was about the time I started the "not my problem" and "what do you need to do to correct that?" phrases...lather, rinse, and repeat, as someone here said not long ago. I also refused to help with homework unless she asked like a civilized person (another overworked phrase around here) and maintained that civility. The consequences of calling me names meant she was totally on her own.</p><p></p><p>I could remind till I was blue in the face, but it did no good. After I refused (numerous times) to bring whatever she'd forgotten to school (and we live a block and a half from the elementary school, six blocks from the junior high), and she missed enough recesses for not having her homework, Miss KT got much better at keeping her stuff together. It was also nice that I didn't have to be the bad guy for a change!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 385604, member: 4040"] You've gotten lots of good suggestions already...just adding in my 2 cents on letting school deal with school issues as much as you can. Fourth grade was about the time I started the "not my problem" and "what do you need to do to correct that?" phrases...lather, rinse, and repeat, as someone here said not long ago. I also refused to help with homework unless she asked like a civilized person (another overworked phrase around here) and maintained that civility. The consequences of calling me names meant she was totally on her own. I could remind till I was blue in the face, but it did no good. After I refused (numerous times) to bring whatever she'd forgotten to school (and we live a block and a half from the elementary school, six blocks from the junior high), and she missed enough recesses for not having her homework, Miss KT got much better at keeping her stuff together. It was also nice that I didn't have to be the bad guy for a change! [/QUOTE]
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