So this morning i took my young daughters to school and when I came home my son was walking down stairs from talking to mom. I asked the wifey what was going on and she informs me that my son had brought home a paper from school saying he is missing 4 assignments and failed a vocabulary test. This is something that has been happening consistently this year. Every night i ask him if he has homework and if he wants help and he says no. So me thinking he has no homework he goes to play xbox or on the smartphone and I dont think anything of it. This morning when i found out about this I asked him about why this keeps happening. He tells me some BS about him being retarded and starts to pull a pity party so he doesn't get in trouble. I argued with him about it and took his phone and xbox away and he tells me he doesn't care. I get upset with him because I know that he is more than capable of getting good grades and he knows I am here to help the best I can. The wife got upset cause i was "*****ing" to him about it and that I was going about doing it the wrong way. But i don't know what else to do to get through to him. I take things away, he gets grounded, He gets grounded to his room, everything short of getting his butt whooped like i did when I came home at his age with bad grades. He is a great kid, lemme say that again he is a GREAT kid and when he puts his mind to something he gets it done. I have tried being nice, setting goals for him, rewarding him when he gets good grades. I just don't want him to grow up stupid like so many other kids I see. He is my right hand man and I hate getting upset with him, but I want him to do the best he possibly can. I love my son and would do anything in this world for him if he needed it.
Just needed to rant
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Just needed to rant
Thanks
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