What to Do When Teens Refuse to Do Homework or Fail a Class.

My 12-year-old son is in 7th grade. His homework and school papers are turning into a very unorganized mess. Do any of you have a good system? I'm looking at ways to keep his 3-ring binder organized. Also, need a way to put homework papers together that need to be worked on, homework papers that are done and need to be handed in, papers that.

My 15 year old is not particularly academic at all, but is very practical and has held down jobs since he was 13. He will either go to college to do a btech or get an apprenticeship. Whatever they do at school is not the be all and end all of their life. Your son may need to take time away from full time education after year 11 and go back a few years later or he may do exceptionally well at.

A father said his 12-year-old son will 'have nightmares' after he was told to research the murder of James Bulger for a religious education homework project. Rob Gregg - who has a son at Cooper.

My fourteen year old son is refusing to do chores. For 14 years, there were no problems. Now, I have a different child under my roof! We've always had a great, mutually respectful relationship. Getting work and chores done at the moment is ridiculous! Every method under the sun has been tried-except I don't believe in physical or emotional consequences, just loss of privileges.

ASK THE EXPERT: Q I have a 14-year-old son who is a lovely easy-going child by nature, but he has absolutely no interest in school. He is in second year at the moment and is scraping by. His.

Homework was a nightmare with my almost 8 year old son. Then a few months ago inspiration hit and I started taking him to the library to do his homework. He feels very grown up working in his own study carol and there is nothing to distract him. It's turned 3 hour screaming matches at home into 15 minutes at the local library after school. It.

Also, realize that much of the way they behave and much of the wrong they do is driven by emotions that they cannot understand or put words to yet. Disciplining a 12-year old should also include a large amount of patience on your part. Children of this age should be entitled to their opinion and feelings but should not be allowed to be so.

That is pretty much exactly what a 12 year old is supposed to do. PLEASE DO NOT DRUG HIM OR PUNISH HIM FOR THIS! My child is in prison right now because I was not given custody and his mother couldn't deal with normal things like this. She drugged him up and there wasn't anything I could do about it. Now he's in prison, and there's not a damn thing we can do about that either.

Exasperated parents often ask me, “Why does my son (or daughter) do his homework and then not turn it in?” These understandably frustrated and confused parents are looking to me for answers, but I must admit that for years, I could not help them.

Thank you my 13 year old is exuding the same behavior and worse ! I do not want to give up but he lets me know that I am not his ” real parents” he is my adopted son in my heart he is my son ! I have to back up because he hates me.

My 13 year old son is not doing well at school he won't complete all his work rarely does his homework and. Teenage Son Who Refuses to Do Homework. Updated on May 06,. We took in my troubled 14 year old sister last fall and had a similar problem with with homework.

My daughter has just started year 2 and hasn't brought home any work yet but last year in year 1 she had a new eeadng book mon wed fri homework fri to be handed in mon and a spelling test every Thursday 6 or 8 words I thought it was a lot but still encouraged her to do everything.