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My 16 y/o granddaughter refuses to do school or homework. If I mention it she goes beserk, even get violent. She is capable of making A's and B's, but makes F's. I attended school with her for 6 weeks, and when I knew what work she had to do, and was with her in class, she did all her work and brought her grades up to "C"s. I took the Thanksgiving week off, grades droped to D's. Now they're Fs. What can I do? ↓
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| Name: aaron | Date: Dec 22nd, 2005 12:36 PM |
| Keep on supervising her keep going to school with her 'till she can do it herself ↑ |
| Name: Jane | Date: Jan 3rd, 2006 6:15 AM |
| Good luck, I know how frustrating that is, my 13 year old son it the same. He'll have to do summer school because of his grades and like your Granddaughter is capable of A's. I have tried everything I can think of, taken away privledges, taken away phone, computer, nothing helps. I just try to love him, and hope he'll find the right way someday. ↑ |
| Name: karen | Date: Jul 17th, 2006 8:46 AM |
| if taking away if things don't work then he should take a trip over your knee for a spanking nothing like a sore bottom to make a 16yr old do his homework ↑ |
| Name: truth sayer | Date: Jul 17th, 2006 8:28 PM |
Homework is very important. No decent college will accept an F student, so she needs to get those grades up.
It sounds like she is depressed or upset about something, if she reacts that strongly to you asking a simple question. You need to find out what it is. It could be a lot of things.
-She's not being challenged enough in school
-She needs tutoring, or has a learning disorder
-Someone at school makes her feel uncomfortable, e.g. the teacher
-Problems at home or with friends
You should try to get her to calm down and ask her what her problem is with simply doing homework. Put it in as gentle a voice as possible so that she doesn't freak out. If she freaks out, keep your voice steady and don't shout back at her.
Consider arranging a meeting with a school counselor or a therapist. ↑ |
| Name: Deathbunny | Date: Jul 18th, 2006 1:19 AM |
Get them a shovel and a pick axe, take them into the yard and put them to work installing a sprinkler system or something, preferably in the summer sun. Or, find a way, perhaps volunteer them through a church, to put them behind a grill for a bunch of hours. Refuse them any sort of niceties beyond sleep and food until they do it, this means nicer clothes, electricity after dark, etc. until they do so.
Explain to them that this is what they can expect to be doing for the rest of their life if they don't wise up and get an education. ↑ |
| Name: Where are her parents? | Date: Jul 18th, 2006 1:38 AM |
| Why is this YOUR responsibility? Where are her parents? It's not like she's a little kid - she's 16 years old. If she isn't going to work, SHE is going to fail and work at McDonald's forever, not you. If she is getting violent, she needs serious therapy. ↑ |
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