I feel really low as I feel that I have basically failed as a parent. I have a 15 year old DS, who is doing a french controlled assessment which will count towards his GCSE tomorrow morning. I have tried so hard all weekend to get him to revise and he has basically done nothing. It seems to be a case of you can take a horse to water but can't make it drink. Nagging just results in a row. He is six foot and when he starts to shout, I find it intimidating and usually back down.
Despite being academically able, he is doing poorly at school as cannot be bothered to do more than the bare minimum. Actually is doing less than minimum. I feel that I haven't the parenting skills to deal with this. Is it just best to accept that however much you want the best for your children, there is only so much you can do?
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user1466222549 · 10/07/2016 20:56
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