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[quote=Anonymous]Watch carefully for it. 3 weeks into 3rd qtr the first missing assignments appeared, by 5 weeks it was apparent that DS had pretty much stopped working in all classes, full grounding/no car privilege and 2 weeks of constant monitoring sort of salvaged 3rd qtr. Still barely made it through 4th qtr and that included one day sitting in school parking lot texting to verify attendance in every class and a meeting with admin to put DS on alert. He knew I would escort him to class if he skipped again. Not only my DS, but several friends just tanked, and these were all advanced students.

But really neither carrots nor sticks are enough to motivate and 18 yr old boy who thinks he's a man ready to go off to college "on his own". And FWIW he had to learn the hard lesson in fall that college doesn't work like high school and you can't fake it at the end.  :roll: He has spring to get it together and I have hope that he will.

My best advice it to recognize this is their choice and let them experience the consequences. Yes, do your best to minimize it, but not to the point of driving yourself crazy.[/quote]

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