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May 27, 2017
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OmahaThunderCoug
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Yep, I'm with John Doe. I spank the crap outta them and then have the drive
around town with them until they cry so hard they want to get straight A's. Works every time.
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4th grade daughter comes home with all Cs on report card. What do you do?
byujacob
5/26/17 11:16pm
Spend more time with her helping with homework.
slowhiteguy
5/26/17 11:18pm
C's get degrees pops!
WhyKnot
5/26/17 11:25pm
They get grades in fourth grade? What is that like 10? Let her be a kid.
Cougarfan777
5/26/17 11:26pm
At what age do you think a kid should start start learning responsibility?
sevenIDcougs
5/26/17 11:29pm
The fact that they are already stuck in that school for 6-8 hours a day is
Cougarfan777
5/26/17 11:33pm
Let her be a kid that gets straight As
VenetianCougar
5/27/17 12:47am
Incentives for better grades
Jericho
5/26/17 11:27pm
Grounding might not be a good option with moving, homework through the summer
sevenIDcougs
5/26/17 11:27pm
This seems like the best option, if they want summer homework to stop than get
4mack
5/26/17 11:30pm
she has multiple teachers? as mentioned I'd try to focus on positive incentives,
franklyvulgar
5/26/17 11:34pm
grades don't matter in elementary, and homework even less (and I'm a teacher)
runnincoug
5/26/17 11:37pm
Be grateful that she is not yet in 9th grade.
dccoug
5/26/17 11:37pm
Fourth grade? Wait unti next year and monitor more closely
gwalker
5/26/17 11:38pm
Hope she's pretty enough to land a good man
Dillinger
5/26/17 11:41pm
This worked for me. As it turns out, you don't even have to be very pretty.
ImBlueDaBaDe
5/27/17 7:22am
That's what I'm hoping for my little girl
Breaded Hamster
5/27/17 9:35am
I wouldn't worry too much. I've had similar problems with kids and the next
GeauxCougs
5/26/17 11:49pm
I really like natural consequences. Our conversations go like this
Choke
5/26/17 11:53pm
Get her some Ritalin. Classic sign of ADD according to webMD.
Malathion
5/26/17 11:58pm
Bag of oranges...jk...I have a similar issue with my ADD daughter. She's in Jr high.. Here's what we had to do
Adrielle
5/27/17 12:24am
We had a problem with our oldest at around that age
KingDave
5/27/17 1:35am
That's a flush or a 7 of a kind. Pat on the back.
Y2k
5/27/17 3:18am
What was your daughter's rxn to the grades? I'd habdke it differently based on
unctoothman
5/27/17 5:33am
Teach her to write movie reviews
BIG XII Coug
5/27/17 6:18am
Positive reinforcement works better, IMO.
IndependentGeorge
5/27/17 6:37am
I'm not too hard on my kids for their grades if they're trying. Laziness and not turning in assignments is a whole
byuTX
5/27/17 7:23am
Take her for a drive around the poor part of town and tell her that the people
John Doe
5/27/17 8:44am
Yep, I'm with John Doe. I spank the crap outta them and then have the drive
OmahaThunderCoug
5/27/17 9:18am
If I was you I'd spend more time with her on school work.
Bullrider
5/27/17 10:53am
Your daughter's brain development stage needs much more immediate
Ssebo
5/27/17 11:26pm
We tried that (disincentives) with our children when they struggled.
SouthernCoug
5/28/17 4:58am
Let it go. Tell her its unacceptable and challenge her to do better.
Iron Coug
5/30/17 11:46am
Anyone else have a song stuck in their head now? Especially those of us with
Breaded Hamster
5/30/17 12:23pm
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