Help with 17 year old DS

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Please has anyone got any wise words they can share?

DS is 17 in Year 12 of sixth form. Doing A levels. Quite able but unbelievably lazy. I am fed up of having to ask him to work. I never have to ask my other two (who are younger). Unless I do so, he doesn't do anything. The school are in touch with me a lot recently and they are doing their best but it has to come from him.

Apart from the obvious (removing privileges which is getting harder now he's older) what can I do?

He says he wants to be in 6th form (has good friends) but is unmotivated. He will be thrown out in summer unless he achieves certain grades. Help!

No idea sorry but I'm marking my place as I have a bright but lazy DS too.

It's that time of year

I would sit him down and talk through his options if he fails.

Lots of sixths forms will not you resit the year with the same subjects (why give a place to your child instead of someone who will work) ring the sixth form and find out so you know before you have the conversation.

He needs a wake up call, maybe also arrange a meeting with his tutor, you and him to talk it all through. Sometimes children feel like they can just cram last minute. Did he waltz through his GCSEs so is unused to working at it?