Cutting the apron strings .....

[Teddingtonmum1]

So turns out ds mock results are a disaster , he didn't study enough pure and simple. He desperately wants to do a art course at college but ive explained that he needs to get the best possible grades as there will be competition for places and it seems his just giving up .
Ive told him its up to him his not a child and if he messes it up it will be on him , i cant stand over him ( though i have removed his play station and the phone and pc monitor will be swiftly moving out of his room along with his phone when he gets home ( his a weekly boarder ) i'm dreading parents evening am even thinking im not going to bother going as its not going to be pleasant again .... his 15 i cant MAKE him want it , he needs to want it and put the work in or am i being too harsh ? Apart from being a lazy sod he is no trouble at all polite , no issues just bloody lazy and a bit of a defeatest
Help !!!

Instead of punishing him for not working, can you reward him if he meets certain targets?
Maybe do go to the parents evening & ask his teachers what would be a reasonable attainment point for him & then set some rewards around him achieving this goal?

Go to parents evening and take him too. Ask the teachers what he should be focussing on and how to help him do the best he can.
Then work with him to do as much as he can. He may be feeling really overwhelmed at the moment.
There are some good online resources that can help him boost his grades like Corbett maths and some science ones like Tassomai (? Sp) and Seneca learning.

Some 15 year olds are very immature.
If you leave him to it and he fails will you regret it? I would.

He is still a child and I would do my damnedest to make sure he achieved his potential. A bit more carrot and less stick perhaps?