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[quote=Anonymous]Holy crap--the OP and some of these posters ("I only allow As in my house")--you are why parents in this area have a bad reputation and why kids in HS are more stressed out than ever before.  Multiple suicides, kids feeling inadequate.  Yes, I said it.

Your kid got one C.  IN middle school.  She is not skipping classes, she is not doing drugs, she is not pregnant.  She is not smoking or bullying kids.

Get some perspective.

Kids mess up. People fail tests.  People forget to turn things in.  Even adults (ever forget a field trip form or medical form).  No one is perfect.

Yes, phone privileges are privileges, but think about what you want from your child and how to use this as a learning experience.  Think about helping her instead of punishing the first bad grade.  You will scare your kid into thinking she needs to be perfect (which no one is) and then she will start hiding things from you.  Lay down your expectations (not grades but effort) but why tie one bad test grade to her phone.  I have HS and MS kids--smart mostly As-- they have bombed a test just as I did.  They learn from their mistakes.  They are driven internally-- that is what you want.

I would rather have my kid fail and learn from it then have a kid who is troubled, bullying, unkind, not engaged, not interested.  My god.

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