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<blockquote data-quote="conniemc" data-source="post: 448417" data-attributes="member: 12455"><p>Thanks for the responses. To answer your questions; yes he used to have a child psychiatrist but after 3 years she felt that he had made significant progress and we discontinued seeing her. Also we moved to another state and the starting over really helped us all. My son did very well in school and has made deans list throughout school. Although he has always been a challenge to deal with, things got a lot worse about a year ago. We blame a lot of it on puberty. As anyone with odd kids knows, they mature at a much slower rate then "normal" kids. He got this attitude of being "to cool" for rules. He kept his grades up because he plays sports and knows that he must maintain good grades if he wants to play. The last quarter of 8th grade, he wasn't playing anything but X-Box and didn't do one homework assignment the entire quarter. He would get A's on the tests but his lack of hw grades were killing his overall grade. It was a nightmare to get all the work made up and turned in. He ended up graduating on the honor roll. Go figure.</p><p></p><p>My son needs that constant carrot dangled in front of him. There always has to be a reward at the end of the work or he has no motivation to do it. Military school provides that constant carrot. Whether it's earning weekend leave, ranking up or earning a tour (disipline march) for negative behavior, there is always a reward/consequence. He is doing well there according to his advisor and has made lots of friends even though he would prefer to be home "hanging" this summer. He needs to go to military school and I just pray that he matures in a positive manner. He has all the attributes to be a great leader but first he needs to understand that he does not always get his way. by the way: he wants to be a marine officer so he loves everything military. Someone who is not military minded would find military school difficult.</p><p></p><p>Plus, I had to get him physically out of the house before his father and him could kill each other. That whole lack of respect thing does not go over well with my husband and it was getting physical between them. It's safer for everyone if he is not here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="conniemc, post: 448417, member: 12455"] Thanks for the responses. To answer your questions; yes he used to have a child psychiatrist but after 3 years she felt that he had made significant progress and we discontinued seeing her. Also we moved to another state and the starting over really helped us all. My son did very well in school and has made deans list throughout school. Although he has always been a challenge to deal with, things got a lot worse about a year ago. We blame a lot of it on puberty. As anyone with odd kids knows, they mature at a much slower rate then "normal" kids. He got this attitude of being "to cool" for rules. He kept his grades up because he plays sports and knows that he must maintain good grades if he wants to play. The last quarter of 8th grade, he wasn't playing anything but X-Box and didn't do one homework assignment the entire quarter. He would get A's on the tests but his lack of hw grades were killing his overall grade. It was a nightmare to get all the work made up and turned in. He ended up graduating on the honor roll. Go figure. My son needs that constant carrot dangled in front of him. There always has to be a reward at the end of the work or he has no motivation to do it. Military school provides that constant carrot. Whether it's earning weekend leave, ranking up or earning a tour (disipline march) for negative behavior, there is always a reward/consequence. He is doing well there according to his advisor and has made lots of friends even though he would prefer to be home "hanging" this summer. He needs to go to military school and I just pray that he matures in a positive manner. He has all the attributes to be a great leader but first he needs to understand that he does not always get his way. by the way: he wants to be a marine officer so he loves everything military. Someone who is not military minded would find military school difficult. Plus, I had to get him physically out of the house before his father and him could kill each other. That whole lack of respect thing does not go over well with my husband and it was getting physical between them. It's safer for everyone if he is not here. [/QUOTE]
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