Need a little parenting advice
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Hey Gang,
So my son gets his progress report the other day and he went from a B in reading to an F. So I ask him whats going on and he tells me I don't know dad I've been doing my work. So I tell him I am going to call his teacher to find out whats going on and if there is anything I should know now would be the time to tell me before I call the school and again he tells me he don't know why he is getting a bad mark in his reading class. So I call the school today with a few questions one of the big questions is Why he has to drop 3 letter grades before someone lets me know whats going on. Next question is why did he go down so far in his grade. So when I called I was told the teacher would call me back. I wait for her call and nothing. John comes home from school and I get a note that tells me he has been failing his tests and thats why his grade dropped. So I ask him about his tests and he tells me he has been throwing them out because he didnt want me to see them and be mad at him. John is 10 years old and I feel like some trust is broken and feel bad that he feels he cant come to me when he has a problem which is really bumming me out. I can see what part of the problem is he is rushing his school work so he can jump on his games (Which he wont be playing for awhile) He told me he didnt want me to get mad at him and yell at him for doing bad on his tests so know I feel like I may be to hard on him at times. I sat him down and talked to him first telling him that I love him and then let him know that it made me feel bad that he felt he couldnt come to me and thought he had to hide something from me. He told me he would try harder. I dont know its just really bugging me and since alot of you here are like family to me I thought I would get some input as to how you would handle this.
Thanks,
John
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Hey Gang,
So my son gets his progress report the other day and he went from a B in reading to an F. So I ask him whats going on and he tells me I don't know dad I've been doing my work. So I tell him I am going to call his teacher to find out whats going on and if there is anything I should know now would be the time to tell me before I call the school and again he tells me he don't know why he is getting a bad mark in his reading class. So I call the school today with a few questions one of the big questions is Why he has to drop 3 letter grades before someone lets me know whats going on. Next question is why did he go down so far in his grade. So when I called I was told the teacher would call me back. I wait for her call and nothing. John comes home from school and I get a note that tells me he has been failing his tests and thats why his grade dropped. So I ask him about his tests and he tells me he has been throwing them out because he didnt want me to see them and be mad at him. John is 10 years old and I feel like some trust is broken and feel bad that he feels he cant come to me when he has a problem which is really bumming me out. I can see what part of the problem is he is rushing his school work so he can jump on his games (Which he wont be playing for awhile) He told me he didnt want me to get mad at him and yell at him for doing bad on his tests so know I feel like I may be to hard on him at times. I sat him down and talked to him first telling him that I love him and then let him know that it made me feel bad that he felt he couldnt come to me and thought he had to hide something from me. He told me he would try harder. I dont know its just really bugging me and since alot of you here are like family to me I thought I would get some input as to how you would handle this.
Thanks,
John
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