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[quote=Anonymous]Micromanaging my kid doesn’t work, because he just manages his time differently than I would. I check in about what work he has, ask for his plan to get it done, and push for changes if the plan is super unrealistic. So far that has worked ok, with a couple of frantic semi late nights in middle school when he realized a PowerPoint would take longer than an hour or whatever. Aside from shut off times that are set through parental control software, I don’t micromanage his screens.

However, if he totally bombed a test for lack of effort I would restrict screens as you have done, at least until the quarter grades were out and his scores were back up.

I’m not sure how I feel about demanding an A/B student get all A’s. My DS definitely doesn’t try his hardest in every class. I actually think this is wise. So much room for misplaced effort in college and beyond. It’s good to know how to manage your time and have balance. I’ve taught both college and graduate students and some of them have no idea where to focus their efforts to get the most important work done. Or even what the “most important” work is once you get to a point where the student is driving the ideas through independent study. Young professionals struggle with this as well. I don’t know. At some point the goal becomes the learning and the ideas, not making a grade.[/quote]

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