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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He sounds fine. Take up a hobby so you can flex your DC tiger parenting instincts on houseplants or something. Give the kid a break. Parents like this are why this is such a tough area to live in. [/quote]

She’s literally the opposite of a tiger parent. For all the bragging about how she’s so smart, she seems out to lunch and disengaged on the parenting front. A smart mom should be able to look at her middle schooler’s tests and HW and advise him on how he can improve, OP can’t figure this out.[/quote]

I am not a tiger parent at all, but my same-age kid is smart enough.  I let him “fail” for one semester in the beginning of middle school, then explained to him calmly that all his teachers say he can do the work and he is expected to get As, needs to do the work, and all computer access is tied to the work.  Then follow through.  I am lenient on screen time if he gets his work done.  I don’t check it, I just check the portal.  He’s a straight A student now, going into high school in all honors.

Being OK with Cs is ridiculous for an average kid with modern grade inflation, especially when there is no reason other than laziness to not complete the work.

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I would agree with you, for the most part. I was an A student myself. My kids are getting a mix of As, and Bs, and yes some Cs. The younger one is in a dcps middle school with some rigorous courses and some unreasonably hard teachers and a terrible math teacher who doesn’t teach at all. Shes getting a couple of low grades despite a ton of effort. Meanwhile she reads college level books on her own and plays a challenging instrument. Im not worried about her, but do have to remind myself that in this technology driven era in efucatuon, getting As is not the same as it was when we were young.theres less of a connection between students and teachers, and learning is just something that is constantly measured and recorded. It’s a pity. [/quote]

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