Ok - deep breath. DS (10), yr 6 is academically average. Sometimes does his homework no problem, but when he doesn't want to do it - for whatever reason - he strops like a true Kevin/Perry teenager, gives me lots of "for gods sakes" and usually "we haven't even learned this at school"!
Even if they haven't learned exactly how to do something in school, the instructions are usually on the piece of paper but he just decides in his own mind that he can't - or won't do it.
Does anyone else have this kind of problem with their DCs? If so, how do you handle them? I range from trying to speak with reason, assist etc to how I reacted just now of "get up to you room, out of my sight, do not put on your TV and do not come back down here until you have changed your attitude"
He has just come back down and apologised and is now doing his homework but the tutting and tears is driving me up the wall again!!