Just posted in chat, but thought Id post here instead in hope of further replies!
Feeling really, really fed up with him, and disappointed in him.
He is in Yr 12 at school. Had a rocky start, it's a new school and much more academic than his previous one, but also a much better school all round. School were very supportive, and I thought he'd turned it around.
He did ok in his January mocks, got BCD which was better than he'd been predicted. His B wasn't technically a mock but goes towards his final mark, so we were really pleased with that. Teachers were happy enough with his grades but thought he might do better and push his D up to a C in the next set of mocks this week.
So, this week he's been telling me about his mocks, how he did. Other stuff about school. And it's all lies. I've had the school call me at work (interrupting a meeting I was) to say he's not been in (well, he's been in school but not in most lessons, and none of his mocks).
I am livid. I called DS1 who firstly lied and said he'd only missed one. He then later admitted it was all of them, and that he'd missed classes too.
I've said he loses his Xbox for a week and his phone while he's in the house.
I'm so cross with him. He's got such a good chance to do well at this school and go to uni and he's messing it up because he's lazy and thinks he can just skip exams and get away wth it (I said all this to him. He had nothing to say in response, which annoyed me further).
Have I gone far enough with his punshiment? I find this stuff really hard to gauge...I'm a single parent so find all the dscipline stuff difficult, easier if you have two parents and one can always be the stern disciplinarian...my Ex is useless though so no point in even contacting him to discuss it, he'd just shrug waste of space