Reply to Would You Punish This Behavior and If So, How?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Would You Punish This Behavior and If So, How? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You all knew there was a game/test.  Son clearly needs more academic support.  Personally I would have stayed on top of it and helped him study sooner so it wouldn't have been an issue.  I think it was unfair of dad to pull the game.  Instead of buying tickets, get your kid a tutor instead if you don't want to help.

I would punish him for a week.[/quote]

Thanks, although I think you missed a couple of key points --we were GIVEN the tickets (if that's your suggestion for a tutoring budget) on Sunday night -- the day before all of this took place-- so no, we didn't know that there was a game/ test, at least not in enough time to really focus on that.

But this is helping me think this through, so I appreciate your comment.

[/quote]

Get him tutoring, get more involved in helping him/supporting him as not everyone is a strong student and punish him for taking off for a few hours.  Either way, I don't think it was fair of Dad to not take him regardless of the test.  [/quote]

You're nuts.  It wasn't punishment for not studying.  He had the responsibility to be ready for the test, and he wasn't, so he had to prepare for it in lieu of going to the game.  This is actually an adult way of handling it.  I went to the game, but if I had a work obligation the next day I had to prepare for, I wouldn't have gone.  A child takes the approach that he can do whatever he wants, regardless of whether he is ready to meet his responsibilities.  
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics