Parents Support One Another @ MyOutOfControlTeen.com/support = I need help with the following issue:
My daughter is 13years in grade 8. Her dad died 2 and half years ago. This has affected her so much. Now she is a teenager, she doesn't want to study and the school has called me for meetings several times. She just wants to hang out with her friends. She shouts and answers back. She defies my authority many times. What do I do to help her. She is smart if she wants to.
3 comments:
Get her a tutor, if you can afford it- maybe she's just not listening to you because you're her mother. Maybe even get a friend or sibling to study with her and the tutor so it's like she's in class.
There are some out there who are just not cut out for school. I know its hard to imagine at such a young age because our culture is accustomed to going to school for the first 18 yrs but everyone is diff. Have you tried homeschooling?
There's a book called 'the Homework Myth' my husband had to look at when he was studying for his Education degree. Basically, your daughter is right, homework is a useless waste of time and her teachers are wrong to impose it on her.
I'd suggest homeschooling. But I'd also suggest you respect her enough to give her some say in the curriculum and try and implement her own interests into her study.
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