How often is your teen late to class?

[Anonymous]

And when they’re late, is there a punishment or penalty at home??

[Anonymous]

I think my freshman has only been late twice this year because he had to run to his locker for something between classes. No penalty at home or school, but it is noted on the progress report.

[Anonymous]

My oldest with severe inattentive ADHD, sleep apnea and a whole host of issues was nearly always late to class for every year of high school. He was struggling with so many things that the tardies were the least of his problems. In senior year, he was able to skip first period to get some extra sleep in. No consequences from the school. At home, lots of yelling and nagging to get him to school a few minutes late, instead of drastically late. He was incapable of being on time to anything at that age. In college, he is now doing better, in part because he's sleeping better and is less stressed out.

My youngest is never late to anything, ever.

[Anonymous]

My child is a freshman and has been late to one class only once and I think it was a recording error.

[Anonymous]

Never.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My oldest with severe inattentive ADHD, sleep apnea and a whole host of issues was nearly always late to class for every year of high school. He was struggling with so many things that the tardies were the least of his problems. In senior year, he was able to skip first period to get some extra sleep in. No consequences from the school. At home, lots of yelling and nagging to get him to school a few minutes late, instead of drastically late. He was incapable of being on time to anything at that age. In college, he is now doing better, in part because he's sleeping better and is less stressed out.

My youngest is never late to anything, ever.

This gives me hope. My oldest alls can never be on time for anything. Lots of yelling, nagging, talking but nothing ever changes. Alarm is set early enough but it takes him half an hour to actually get up. We are always rushing last minute and just barely making it.

Can you tell me how he is less stressed at college? Is it because he can sleep in and not be in class all day? More free time during the day?

[Anonymous]

Do you mean late to school or late to classes during the day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My oldest with severe inattentive ADHD, sleep apnea and a whole host of issues was nearly always late to class for every year of high school. He was struggling with so many things that the tardies were the least of his problems. In senior year, he was able to skip first period to get some extra sleep in. No consequences from the school. At home, lots of yelling and nagging to get him to school a few minutes late, instead of drastically late. He was incapable of being on time to anything at that age. In college, he is now doing better, in part because he's sleeping better and is less stressed out.

My youngest is never late to anything, ever.

This gives me hope. My oldest alls can never be on time for anything. Lots of yelling, nagging, talking but nothing ever changes. Alarm is set early enough but it takes him half an hour to actually get up. We are always rushing last minute and just barely making it.

Can you tell me how he is less stressed at college? Is it because he can sleep in and not be in class all day? More free time during the day?

He's more mature, not multitasking as much and can take the classes that he prefers (with a couple of non-preferred core requirements that he got rid of as a freshman). DS still suffers from bouts of insomnia related to anxiety, but since he lives on campus, and can select classes that start later in the day, he can sleep as long as wants, which is a life-saver, except before finals, when usually it's a week of disturbed sleep and general panic. His severe ADHD means he will always struggle with time blindness to some extent, which means he's still occasionally late, and he has trouble with long-term planning and deadlines. But the daily sleep problem has disappeared, which is such a huge relief.

[Anonymous]

Never, unless the bus is late or something.

[Anonymous]

Sophomore—never

Senior—I think six times total over the four years.

[Anonymous]

Never

[Anonymous]

Late to school at the beginning of the day? Rarely. Consequence at home only if the reason was ridiculous or flagrantly irresponsible.

Late to individual class periods during the day? No idea. Not often enough to turn into a major disciplinary problem or to officially affect grades. If my kids got a detention for this, I would consider the matter handled by the school - additional consequences at home not needed. If they did it often enough to have consequences from the school worse than a detention,, or if it brought their grades below what we tolerate, there would be additional penalties at home.

[Anonymous]

Quite often, by a few minutes. I talk to him about how it’s disrespectful and is building bad habits, but otherwise I don’t see it as a huge problem.
Can it be bad for college admissions? I hope not so I don’t really care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Quite often, by a few minutes. I talk to him about how it’s disrespectful and is building bad habits, but otherwise I don’t see it as a huge problem.
Can it be bad for college admissions? I hope not so I don’t really care.

Oh and he gets lunch detentions so I consider it handled

[Anonymous]

Never. He’s ready for me to take him to school before I am. There is no bus do he relies on me. I think he skipped gym once or twice to study for a test though. He got a week of detention each time.