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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is having a hard time accepting this rule. He's a rising sophomore and somehow thinks that he can just get a blank check for school. My wife seems to want to side with him. This is going to be a rough Thanksgiving! 
This came up because his grades have been slipping. I reminded him of our deal and he now thinks I'm trying to "control" him. 
Are parents really just writing a blank check for their kids? Am I so out of touch to have standards? [/quote]
You are trying to control him. The school will put him on academic probation if his grades get too low. This happened to me and I had a wake up call. This might not even happen to him if you back off, who knows. But Let him learn the hard way if need be. This isn’t about you. You can tell him that he will have an easier time applying to grad school which he might determine later he wants to do the higher his gpa is, but otherwise I think making this a fight is futile and may result in his not seeing his work as his own but rather connected to your expecting something from him , which may result in rebellion on his part.
Step back. Breathe and let him find his own way. If he fails out and goes to community college for a year before applying back into a four year it will only make him stronger. This will likely not even happen but your involvement now clearly is not helping your case and your ultimate hopes in his doing his best. [/quote]

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