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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  She loses all TV,  playdates and electronics when she earns disappointing grades.   However nothing seems to get through to her like the fact that she disappointed me.  Most of the time  I'm pretty even keel but this is the one area where I get rattled easily.  It is a real sacrifice to send her to her school.[/quote]

OP, my DH and I were discussing a similar issue this morning, concerning our[b] 9 year old DS[/b]. All I can say is, I hear you.

I will not apologize for being a "Tiger Mom." Grades ARE important, [b]we ARE sacrificing a lot to send him to an elite private school, and he damn well better hold up his end of the bargain.[/b] My DC sounds a lot like yours -- loves to read, but is often unmotivated in school. At minimum he does not yet understand the value of this education and how well it could serve him in the future.

I think back to the stories of Obama's mother. If I recall correctly, she was waking him up at 4:00 in the morning to study. Every. Single. Day. She worked hard to send him to that fancy school he went to, and was not going to let him waltz through it with minimum effort. I would bet anything that he's pushing his own girls in the same way.[/quote]

Painful![/quote]

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