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11-06-2008, 04:16 PM | #1 |
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My son and school
My son who is a junior in high school is struggling once again. He seems to have a hard time focusing and settling in and getting the work done. I have tried everything from the hard ass route to a very kind and loving father. I'm running out of ideas and wondering if anybody here struggled terribly in high school or have children that did and what helped solve the problem.
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Does he have ADD? I was diagnosed with ADD when I was pretty young and as soon as I started taking Ritalin it really helped me focus. Or is your son just not doing well because he is to busy dicking around?
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He has tried cross country, baseball, basketball and tennis. I've spent countless hours with him trying to help him but he gets into it finds that it's not coming easy to him and he quits. He needs to learn that hard work and sticking to something will lead to success but I'm having a terrible time trying to get him to realize that.
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Mine too. I imagine this post could come from me in a few years.
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We had a rule growing up in my home -- you finished what you started, especially sports. We were not permitted to quit. A lot of that had to do with the fact that my parents made sacrifices to pay for the sports but it was also to teach us about life.
Early in our marriage my wife did not agree with that philosophy. I insisted and it's one of the few battles I have won My children are not permitted to quit, even if I have to drag them kicking and screaming. |
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I do find it funny that your wife argued against teaching your kids not to quit...and then, true to form, she eventually quit! I am sure she is a hard worker, but the mental image was very simpsons-esque.
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