| slackerboy |
07-15-2002 08:46 PM |
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Originally posted by Sir Kenyth:
Good advice MagiK. Been tried too. Remember, it's been two years having one rust bucket at his moms to ride for two years now. It's been mentioned by teachers that he is a bit immature for his age. He's kind of in his own little world and doesn't pay attention to what's going on around him. It shows in his schoolwork too. His mother and I have been driving him like crazy, and it's helped his schoolwork a lot. His grades are up and his tests are looking good. He should completely catch up reading skills this year. You still have to keep your boot on his butt 24/7 to keep him going. As soon as you stop hounding, he stops doing! During the summer, I call him from work repeatedly to make sure chores are done, teeth are brushed, etc. I was just wondering what I should expect from a child of ten. Am I expecting too much? Do all ten year olds require constant supervision to attend to their responsibilities?
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I swear, its like your describing me at 10. I would venture to guess that he is actually very intelligent, but extremely unmotivated. My problem was not that i couldnt learn information or remember instructions, it was that unless it was important to me for some reason, i didnt care enough to remember it. My grades stunk, not because i couldnt learn but because i didnt care enough to do the home work. I didnt start brushing my teeth and bathing regularly without being told by my parents till i was a teenager.
Also as a warning, just because a child is dreamy, forgetful, and unmotivated, doesnt mean they dont plan. They just tend to plan things you wouldnt normaly think about. I had a tendency to be very secretive, destructive, and had a propensity to lie about anything and everything. The lying thing improved with age, to the point that once i was into highschool, nobody new anything about me that i didnt want them to. |
