By PIGaming - 28/10/2013 05:35 - Australia - Melbourne
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Hey all, im OP (although as my first time ever commenting, I hope this actually works!) Of course, in the end, my daughter fell asleep. although it was around 1am, a time I thought no five year old was physically capable of acheiving. You might say it was almost worse the next day, as she was very grumpy and tired! I forbid my son from attending a party (supposedly the 'party of the year'), and have spoken to his school who are arranging a meeting with him to discuss ways of bettering his homework skills and general motivation. Of course he probably despises of me, but I dont want him to look back on school like I have and regret he didn't work hard enough, let alone AT ALL. Thanks for all the comments, and hopefully I can interact more on this site with the community.
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I was the kid that nobody cared about whether she did well or not and I just floated along. It wasn't until my senior year in high school that two teachers showed that they believed in me. I went on the college and got my doctorate. I did this all on my own without parental support. It's not easy. From my point of view you doing the right thing for your son.
br00kr
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Exactly, me and my triplet sisters are like this. My mom did nothing to support us, let alone my dad. They were always trying to help the "miricle" children do the best... Alas they get straight A's while I get a b-c average
You can't blame your grades on your parents in high school, attention or not, you're old enough to reproduce, blame yourself.
We now know adolescent brains are NOT mature in several critical areas, especially in impulse control and decision making. Good for you, Mom!
Lemurcat
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#152, while #146 can't put all blame on her parents, it is tough on kids and teens when their parents show no interest in them, especially when they see their parents playing favorites. And it really does take a toll on grades. the fact that she's getting around C average shows that she's still trying in school and doesn't need any flak for acknowledging that her parents are playing favorites because it hurts a lot. (I should know) #146, the only advice I can give you about your parents is to give it your all and do your best (that is if you already aren't) because while your grades may be a bit on the "eh" side, you have so much potential (getting around a C average shows that you're still trying, which proves that if you don't give up, you'll to better than me later on in life, and I'm in an okay spot right now) and you're going to do so well in life!
eatmor2
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Not letting him go to "the party of the year" was most definitely not the right choice to make. My mom did that to me in 8th grade and I never forgave her - it actually made me push back harder. When you punish someone that hard for something like homework grades (or in my case lying about needing a specific newspaper for a class assignment just because I wanted to read one of the articles) it makes them rebel a million times worse. When you're that young but old enough to be invited to a "party of the year" that your friends will be talking about until they're in college, you need something pretty substantial to have attendance disallowed.
Yakostovian
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Sometimes you just have to be firm in expectations and discipline. The kid wants to go to the party of the year? Fine, just get decent grades. It's a social contract between parent and child, and kids usually know that ******* off will get them negative consequences, even if they don't think through what those consequences will be. Either this kid can learn to be less lazy or be bitter and angry for his own shortcomings.
If your kids hate you that just means your doing something right.
That depends. Adolf Hitler hated his father, and he was perfectly justified in doing so, because his father was a horrible person who beat him very often.
skittyskatbrat
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Sounds like his father knew something about Little Adolph the rest of us learned too late....
If my son did that to my daughter I would ground him for life.
While I agree that high school is mostly useless, I can't help but think that all the posters complaining about OP grounding him over homework are probably teenagers as well.
Well, what can I say, paybacks a bitch
She's just being a good mom. My parents were overbearing, and I got really mad at them, but they're doing it because they love you and want what's best. My mom made me work during school and I learned how to save money and I was proud of everything I had because I paid for it. I worked my butt off, and though I ended up moving out at 17 because they were driving me nuts, I have grown up a lot. Now I thank my mom for what she did, and I know the things I did were wrong. I graduated with a 4.0 GPA and now I'm in nursing school. I haven't fallen behind on rent and I pay all my bills on time. He doesn't deserve to go party if he can't make good grades and do his homework. Besides, parties usually come with trouble.
Never ever take away a young person from their computer of suffer the dire consequences
And that is why kids are assholes.
Oh my God. This is amazing.
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But she'll fall asleep eventually, and you can punish your boy for even longer!
Or punish him even worse by making them share rooms.