 | I don't know if many grandmothers post here but my concern is my 6 year old granddaughter who is in 1st grade. Her mother has been told that she will most likely have to repeat 1st grade. This isn't a problem since she may not have been ready for school and next year will hopefully be much easier for her. What worries me is that her mother (my daughter) seems to have accepted this and given up on her already. Her theory is that if she's taking 1st grade over again why bother with the rest of this year, so she doesn't even make her do her homework most of the time, she gives her the answers. I had worked with my granddaughter a few months ago, with Hooked On Phonics, and she was doing really well, showed enormous improvements in reading and was really enjoying it. I picked her up at school every day and we did the phonics for 1/2 hr. to an hr. almost every day. One day she decided she wanted her mommy to help her and took the phonics home with her. They worked together for a couple nights then my daughter took the kit back to the library and just washed her hands of the whole thing. Now my granddaughter, who was reading sentences and pages, has trouble reading 3-letter words and answering simple addition and subraction problems. I've offered to help her again but she wants no part of it anymore, nor does she want me to help her with her homework because when she does it at home mommy gives her the answers and she knows that I won't. What should I do? I feel bad giving up on her, but as her grandmother I can only let her know that I will help her if she wants help, I can't make her come to my house after school. I might mention that I have helped raise my grandchildren, as my daughter is a single parent who has always been very dependent on me. They spend as much, if not more, time with me than with their mother, who is dealing with an emotional situation that has caused alot of the problems with the children. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should do? |
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