AIBU to make my son (12) keep re doing his home work until....

[Mrbojangles1]

AIBU to make my so who is 12 keep re doing his homework until he puts some real effort in.

He was supposed to be doing re homework and showed me what can only be described as chicken scrawl and a title consisting of re homework with out a date or even on the line no capitals

To be honest I just snapped he didn't go swimming until it was re done, which he didn't do so missed swimming and told him he would be in his bed room until its re done at 17:52 he finally came to his senses

YANBU He needs to learn

Id have done exactly the same :)

Just my opinion and I know many will disagree most forcefully with me but yes, YABU.

Let him submit it in a state having made no effort and face the consequences - or you'll be standing over him when he's doing his GCSE coursework and all that. They've got to learn to crack on with it themselves. They've got to feel the 'pain' of submitting a pile of crap and getting a telling off/having to redo it. It teaches them far better than being nagged by a parent.

[mean old cow emoticon]

Leave it to the school to deal with . Homework battles are a waste of time and energy

Euphemia quite right I just saw red so pissed off with the shoddy work when I know he could do better

YABU I think what most others have said. Let him learn the consequences.

I don't get involved in homework unless asked. Ds can deal with the consequences of not doing it properly himself.

I make sure they have done it and express disappointment if they have done a slapdash job. If they hand it in like that when they get a very poor mark we have discussed it and I have then spent a little more time supporting and encouraging them and chasing them up a bit.

DD did it once and the shock of a D grade and 4 for effort meant she never did it again.

I just didn't get involved. Let them take the consequences and learn the hard way. This only works of course if the school don't let him get away with it-if the school are lax then YANBU.

Age 12 YANBU. If you're still hovering over his homework when he's 15 then YABU though.
If a kid has strict teachers then this is less necessary. A few of my kids' teachers make them do it again with extra if they don't do it properly the first time, wish they were all like that.

glad to see the answers here and very interesting, I don't even nag or tell my 8 year old to do his - I remind him it's due in, let him know the plans for the evenings so he can work out the best time to do it, then he sits and does it, tells me it's done and puts it in his bag, or ignores me and then panics when he knows it's due - I've seen some shoddy stuff going in and some great work going in but that's for his teachers to mark and scold him. He got told off last week for it being shoddy and then this week did it all on the sunday evening and spent extra time on it... to try and get a merit.. Surely children have to learn to manage their own time and results?? I'm also a tad against homework at his age so really don;t feel inclined to spend a great deal of time stressing him out about it!!

No YANBU, I've done the same with mine. Depending on the school they won't care what state the homework is in and if he thinks this is acceptable then he will struggle to get decent grades at GCSE coursework. Better to get him used to orking to a higher standard now.

YANBU but what have you been- doing for the last six years?--