My almost teen son has been on report for about 4 weeks at school for persistent chatting, misbehaving and general silliness in class. The school have called me in tomorrow, because no matter what they (or we) do, nothing is having an effect.
EVery lesson he has a special card signed to say if he did well (3s), or a sliding scale to 0s (failed miserably). He is still regularly getting 1s and 0s.
He has been internally excluded twice (into a on-site detention centre) and I fear he might end up with a suspension at this rate.
At home we have clear guidelines:
a "2" gets him a day grounding (no TV/Computer/Phone).
a "1" gets him 2 days grounding.
a "O" gets him a week grounding.
If a grounding day falls on a certain day, that also mean he misses Scouts.
The only thing he has left to take away are his radio which is also his alarm clock, and his sport, at which he trains 5 days a week.
He has no pocket money at the moment because he keeps losing expensive sports kit, which he has to replace from his own money.
We are at wits end knowing what to do next. I do not want to remove the sport, as he is asthmatic, and it really helps keep him well. I could also remove the radio, but after that, I dont know what to do.
He already does chores, so thats not an option.
He is a smart kid, popular (esp with the girls) but doesnt really make close friends that he would invite over (despite our prompting). Doesnt seem to care about this either. He is a terrible show off. His school work is sloppy and in two subjects he barely does anything as he sees them as a waste of time. Sadly one of those subjects is RE and he attends a catholic secondary.
This is not going to end well, is it?
ANyone have any suggestions of things I could try?
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"Teen" son in trouble again - what the heck do I do?
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hattifattner · 13/03/2012 12:42
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