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Sorry I wasn't on last night..I am sorry that your son is being a twit and not turning in homework.
I came home and had a glass of wine and crashed. I had all intentions of being strict on diet yesterday but I was in a mood.
Sounds like good enough reasons to skip the diet!
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Originally Posted by NilaJones
@Sixy:
Is it possible to lighten his load a bit? Maybe part of the lesson here can be mental health, what to do when you 'bite off more than you can chew', how to pick which things are priorities and which ones to bow out of, how to bow out gracefully and not burn bridges, etc.
You remember what it's like to be that age. You get suddenly hit with this boatload of gender role / oppression stuff that you had no idea was coming. It's overwhelming, and confusing, and takes up a lot of processing power.
Yes, honors classes and sports are important for his future. But some of this other stuff might be, too?
My mom always says the main thing she learned in college was how to pace herself and prioritise. Self management. And she is very successful in business!
Yeah...I think he's realized that he can't do everything that he wants...just not enough time in the day. We revised his punishment. He has to come to my classroom at the end of the day to do his homework and he's not playing all the spring sports he had planned on.
He just can't fit it all in AND have a social life. He still has no playstation and tablet though. My older son said he was on those things when he got home from school instead of doing his homework on hockey nights (and this is when he wound up skipping assignments).
Talk about drastic. It was actually like a Spring day yesterday. Didn't even need a coat. After all that mess last week. Now it's snowing again. Maybe yesterday was like the eye of the hurricane.
Yeah...I think he's realized that he can't do everything that he wants...just not enough time in the day. We revised his punishment. He has to come to my classroom at the end of the day to do his homework and he's not playing all the spring sports he had planned on.
He just can't fit it all in AND have a social life. He still has no playstation and tablet though. My older son said he was on those things when he got home from school instead of doing his homework on hockey nights (and this is when he wound up skipping assignments).
He needs some down time evvery day, too, right? Maybe on hockey nights the only way to get it is to not do homework? Maybe he can PLAN for that, and get a head start on that day's homework the day before. Even if it means asking the teachers what the assignments are going to be.
I am glad you are feeling calmer . I think it's great, too, that you made it clear to him that the lying was a bigger deal, even, than the missing homework. That is a really important life lesson -- lying ot people pisses them off far more than the thing you are lying about! It will help him a lot in life if he learns now not to 'solve' problems by lying.
I heard Sandy got nominated for a best actor for the movie.
I was at lunch a few days ago and a couple of guys said that they saw it and it was awful. Boring and slow.
Thoughts??
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. I think it's great, too, that you made it clear to him that the lying was a bigger deal, even, than the missing homework. That is a really important life lesson -- lying ot people pisses them off far more than the thing you are lying about! It will help him a lot in life if he learns now not to 'solve' problems by lying.