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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am looking for ideas of appropriate discipline for bad grades.  I have a 8th grade boy who currently has 2 Cs and 1 D.  When looking at his grades, they suffer mostly because of incomplete homework and not doing well on quizzes.  I feel that he is capable of better grades.  But he just is not interested or lazy.  In the past, we have punished him by taking away video games and his phone.  But I'm not sure if that is effective anymore.  He is trying out for his school basketball team and I am thinking about telling him he can't play until his grades come up.  I'm concerned his grades will suffer even more with practices everyday after school.  What have other parents done in this situation?  Thanks.[/quote]

He needs to talk to the coach, asap.  The coach will *not* be happy to find out about the grades just in time to bench him for the rest of the season or kick him off the team.  If you can talk to the coach beforehand, the coach might be able to get through to your son and show him reasons why it's important, in a way that a preteen/teen boy won't want to hear from his parent.

As to punishment, perhaps something as simple as proving that he's done with homework and studying for quizzes before you are available for rides anywhere other than school?[/quote]

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