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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he's getting 70s or 80s on tests, then he is natively bright. He's in fifth grade, not 12th grade. The stakes are very low. The worst thing you can do as his parent is to make education not fun, because it's a long road ahead. Take him to the store to buy a folder of his choice. It's for his take-home work. Give him a specific place to put it. Then give him a goal to work for. [b]If you remember your take-home work and put it in your folder this week, then you will get a reward.[/b] One he really wants, make it a motivator. Food. Sweets. An activity or toy. Even grown people need a motivator, OP. Yelling isn't a motivator, it's a demotivator. Be your kid's biggest fan behind the scenes. Don't talk smack about your kid.[/quote]

If he has ADHD, this will only discourage him and be yet another way that he's failed. He's not forgetting his work because he's insufficiently motivated; he's forgetting because he doesn't yet have the skills to remind himself.[/quote]

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