Homework

[Rocsand03]

I never know what is homework and what isn’t. How do I motivate ds to actually take an interest and do it? I feel like I’m nagging him to death whereas husband won’t ever say a word! It’s all left to me so I’m the bad guy. I don’t want to be nagging him but I want him to appreciate that in Order to improve his grades since he’s interested in being a teacher, that he needs to acknowledge what he has to do to get the grades up. I’m worried that if we relax on it too much he’ll just let it all slip away

How old is he?

Hi he’s 14 x

14 such a tricky age. Most, partic boys seem to realise they need to start working hard in year 11 and manage to do enough ... even if they could have done better.

It does feel as if you are piggy backing them over the line in those early teen years and even up to GCSE's ...

Good luck. He will appreciate you've been there for him, but only in a few years' time. And when he sees those who have fallen by the wayside and reduced their options.

Could you get him interested via an app? My School Life is supposed to be good, and you can put exams in it too so they can see them coming up.

DS(15) is a coaster. So rather than tell him he needs to do his best, I've asked him to try taking it up a notch for a couple of weeks. An extra 5 mins on homework or adding one extra bit of info/detail, and to see if that makes any difference to how he feels about it all.

Also computer games are a real time eater. So I'm currently trying to get DS to limit each session to 1 hour, then he has to take a break and find something else to do. Who knows that might even include homework!

I was in the exact same position as you! DS showed zero interest in homework... i try to keep up a gentle pressure & ask regularly what homework he's got on, what does it involve, when he's planning to do it etc. I put a big emphasis on 'getting it out the way....!' i tell him, "do a bit now, and that's a bit you don't have to worry about this weekend!" Seems to help alright and comes across more like i'm making sure his homework isnt going to eat into his free time, then like i'm just nagging him to get it done.