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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your post was littered with “I think” “I’m pretty sure” and “I believe” so I’d give the kid a break for forgetting since your memory doesn’t seem to be solid.

Losing her phone or a video game system or TV privileges for an entire quarter is a punishment that doesn’t fit the crime, IMO.

I’d focus on WHY she failed those two items. Was it slacking off? Not grasping the material? A unit of difficult material perhaps? Getting to the root of those two F grades is more important.

A punishment in our house would be a one week grounding for failing to follow through on the retest opportunity. We don’t punish for a bad grade in our house. We figure out why it happened and work to relearn the material I’d it was a mastery issue. If it was an issue with not trying hard enough, we have a discussion on priorities and consequences. [/quote]

+1 Dony take it away for the entire quarter, that’s way, way too much. A week should suffice. And you’ll need the leverage going forward, if this happens again. She needs to be able to work towards earning the phone back. If that’s not on the table, and she knows she’s not getting it back for months anyway, she won’t be as motivated.

And you need to try to get to the root of the problem (though that’s hard with teens, who can communicate poorly). Is this poor executive functioning or attention span? Difficulty with the material? Boredom?[/quote]

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