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[quote=Anonymous]DS is in 7th grade. Last year, I started out the year helping him get organized before school (binders and such) then organize how he would stay on top of his work, etc. I would check in with him every couple of days on how things were going and I generally knew what quizzes/tests were coming up and such. It went well and as the year went along, I loosened the reins.

This year, I helped him get organized before school started and then I told him he was on his own unless there were issues. He is a conscientious kid so there have not been. I still generally know when he has quizzes and tests (they send a weekly update from school) and I know his grades because there is a grade app.

He comes home from school and does all of his homework and studying before jumping on the computer/ipad (video gaming). This is with no supervision. He knows that grades are important because that is what leads to college and college is what leads to jobs and that grades are (mostly to a reasonable) degree a reflection of the level of effort. School is like a job, it is a responsibility. It is ok to make mistakes, ok to get a bad grade because something was difficult. Not ok to get a bad grade because he did not work at it. The consequences would be removal of his electronics. We haven't had to do anything yet.

The real life consequences are bad grades but they are still kids and I don't think that they completely understand the impact because it is not immediate. As he gets older, it will be more about real life consequences, but at this age, I think he still needs us to parent him in this way. Each year means more responsibility and more independence.[/quote]

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