I am having a hard time this year with my oldest. His HW is just not important to him. He is punished, spoken to, helped, and its just not getting done. As a parent who was not a straight A student i do not expect perfection. Hell, I will even settle for Cs..as long as he is trying. Its a simple thing just do your HW! He always says i forget, i forget and I am always asking over and over and over and i get the same answer no, not tonight. Are you sure?? YES HE IS SURE! Then next day i check the portal and BAM missing HW from that night i asked over and over AND over again. When it comes to school I passed. I had a C average. Testing was never something I did well on. I could study all night and still not comprehend the questions, and math forget about it. Its one of the reasons i never finished OCC. Algebra. YUCK. My son is great at math, his memory or lack of effort not so much. What more can a parent do? I am open to any suggestions. I’ve taken away electronics stopped sleepovers, next is early bed. Which will bother him. I wonder to myself does the groundings matter? Is this just what we feel as a parent were supposed to do to show we are the parent not the friend? I for one am at a loss of what to do, so again HELP ME!
Any exciting weekend plans fellow readers? I am working working working and then a dinner date with my man and my friend and her man. We don’t do date night often. Between work, and kids and bills its hard to find time with one another. I am looking forward to being an adult for a night. A simple human lol. Not a key holder, not a mom just me. Can you relate?
Anyone else bothered with this cold weather and now fluffing snow! UGH. I hate it! I am a summer gal. pool and beach all the way. I would love a warm state but I will always be a Jersey Gal!
OK my people, i am going to sign off. Not much to blog about today, but keep checking back…i am hoping to actually keep up with this here blogging thing. Have an awesome Friday, and remember to keep it SImple.
Simple. 
Homework is a hard thing. It’s a struggle in our house too.
Is he struggling with the school work which is what deters him from doing the homework? A lack of interest?
From what I gather it is typical of boys not so much of girls but not to say just settle. My oldest excels in some subjects and struggles in others. He has had a difficult time balancing the amount of school work due to the amount of classes yet he does not feel he is struggling. And he does not communicate the need for help because he says he is doing fine. We could be more strict about it, yes, but we also know that many times that does not exactly encourage the work to get done it deters it more, pending which child/personality.
Maybe a positive reinforcement? What does he like? What could be a motivator for him to get the work accomplished?
Sorry I am not much help.
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He doesn’t seem to have an issue with the actual work, his test grades are average..some even above. I think him being grounded at his dad’s house…all the time is resulting him to just saying ” i am grounded anyway”. I try to punish him but not nearly as severe but it seems to not help. His councilor is helping him with providing a hw folder. At his age i feel like this is almost babying him, but hey if it works….btw its not. haha. He is a smart kid who just seems to “forget”. I don’t know Carrie!!! I don’t know! He is in the PINNACLE program and i wonder if maybe he needs to not be in these type of classes next year. Maybe its just too much work. His councilor thinks he will still forget or lack in his work even in the normal classes. I have even had the talk of you could be held back, or summer school. I did take him to dinner when he went from a F to a C. His father said i should not have praised the C but to me he tried, he brought it up. You were help enough to read and give me some information. I appreciate even the littlest things. Thanks!
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