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[quote=Anonymous]I want to thank OP for beginning this thread.  My very bright dc is a sophomore in HS and had straight A's in 9th grade.  During the last few weeks, his grades in a few classes have dropped down below 90 (I think the World Series had something to do with this).  I thought about this thread, and I decided to tell my DC the following (paraphrased):

You are 16 years old. You've always made great grades, and you're capable of continuing that.  We will always support you in any way you ask -- tutors, or whatever help we can give.  However, they are YOUR grades. When you were younger, we worried that you didn't understand how important grades are, but I feel sure that you do now. We'll certainly talk if things go completely off the rails, but I'm not going to bug you about grades and assignments on a day to day basis anymore.

(FWIW, we've always told DC that we'll support his decisions about where he wants to go to college, etc, but that we encourage him to make the very best grades because that will increase the number of options he'll have.)

The evening after we had this conversation, my DC came to me and we had the longest and best conversation we'd ever had about his classes and how he was doing in school.  The additional pressure really was counterproductive.  [/quote]

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