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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe a weekly meeting with him where he looks through sis and then reports to you what is done and what isn’t? 
By ninth I would be tempted to let him deal with the consequences of his actions (or really would have done it in 7th). But I see the dilemma now that his grades count.[/quote]

I did try letting consequences apply in MS for the non-HS grade classes. Issue is that he did ok in those (because there was almost zero HW and tests didn't seem to require much studying) and the problems were with his permanent grade courses that required more work. Plus that was part of why i would back off after babysitting for awhile - to let him "ride the bike himself" but then the wheels would fall right back off it again. :( 
- OP [/quote]

DS is an 8th grader this year. Last year the only classes we commented on when we saw a missing assignment or a grade slip were his HS level classes, math and a language. His MS classes we tracked but said nothing until we saw 3-4 weaker grades. For him, that was an A to a B. Then we stepped in an asked what was happening and reviewed the work he was turning in. The two instances were in classes that he can easily earn an A but he is less interested in, the B's were lack of effort. A week or two of Mom and Dad reviewing work and quizzing to ensure that he understood the concepts and how to connect them was enough to reinforce making your best effort and his grade returned to an A. [/quote]

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