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[quote=Anonymous]It's interesting to me, the people who are calling you names and saying you're a bad parent. They're effectively "punishing" you for not knowing better. I'm sure it feels awful to read these people's remarks. It's a good parallel though to how your kid will likely feel if you come in hot about his report card. The mantra I try to live by in parenting (and in life more generally) is to approach problems with curiosity. Ask him how it's going? Does he not understand the material? Is he bored? Once you understand the actual issue, then you can work on fixing it. For my son (also 8) who got a 2 (out of 4) for ELA this term, the problem was that he wasn't applying a very specific framework in his written responses. So I'm reviewing his homework with him nightly, and I guess that's the "consequence."[/quote]
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