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May 27, 2017
9:35:56am

Breaded Hamster All-American

That's what I'm hoping for my little girl

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Breaded Hamster

Previous username: CougarW8
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Joined: Oct 26, 2007
Last login: Jun 20, 2024
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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?

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

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

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.

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

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.

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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