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He just doesn't care about school...

Parents_Support_One_Another_@_MyOutOfControlTeen_com/support = I need help with the following issue: He just doesn't care about school, the work or the teachers, he can be very well behaved at home do chores or other things he's asked to do but when it comes to school forget it. He's in 9th grade and failing. 2 of his teachers already requested he be dropped from the class because he is disrespectful and disrupts the other students. We have taken everything away and he sits home all day after school. We just don't know what else to do.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Refer to session #4 in Mark Hutten's eBook (the online stuff). He's got some tips that will help.

Anonymous said...

True. He talks about how parents should stop taking more responsibility for the child's schoolwork than the child does.

Anonymous said...

If you have not yet explored this, it would be worth checking for any mild learning disabilities and/or attention deficit disorder. Sometimes these problems don't become apparent until 8th or 9th grade and can be devastating. Undiagnosed these problems can negatively impact self-esteem and confidence.