 | My 14 year old daughter is basically a good kid. Very headstrong,athletic, does what she is told, however, with minimal effort. She waits until the last possible moment to do her responsibilities at home until the last minute, which I know because when I drive up our driveway after work, I see her scrambling to get things done. But the problem stems at school. She is not academically inclined, that is ok. But if she turned in her homework, she would be a B to B-student. She will excell in one or two classes, then D- in another, then the next semester, excell in the D- class and D- a different class. She knows she doesn't turn in her homework, she said,"Mom, I know I need good grades to go to college, I know I have responsibilities, but I just don't care, I mean I care, but at the time I don't care." Her love for sports was my first discipline. I told her to have a fair grade in each class with all homework turned in, and she could do sports. She brought home progress reports, showed very slight improvement, I have talked to teachers, she seems to know the material enough to get a decent grade. We've discussed school, home and any thing she is unhappy with. She has lots of friends,we use firm discussion and reasoning but to no avail.The grade is not as important as the homework. She is very lazy when it comes to things she doesn't feel are important. Our next step is to take her phone, stereo and her Instant message time away. If she cannot do, she losses her priveleges. I am afraid this will not work, I am seekingout her counselor nextweek. Anyone have this problem? What worked. |
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