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Motivation and achievement at school
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i have a very loving and fun 9 year old son who's having a hard time at school . I can't get him ready for school without a knock out fighting match
> 60 days ago
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I know how rough this can be. If you're like a lot of parents, you've probably tried basic consequences for not getting going, and they probably only had short-term effects, if any at all.
It sounds like the source is at the school, so that's where I'd focus my efforts. Have you met with the teacher about your son's experience at school? Sometimes the solution is easy - like "needs glasses to see what's on the board" and sometimes hard like learning disabilities or bullying.
Education and school doesn't come naturally to us when we're children, or at least that's true for a lot of us. But if your son had some tug at school - friends he wants to see, activities he engages in, some early morning classroom responsibility (like feeding the fish in the fish tank) - that will pop him out of bed better than anything.
Here's a like to the Motivation section on education.com that might have something to help. Look through the article titles and at least skim a few that might seem appropriate.
It sounds like the source is at the school, so that's where I'd focus my efforts. Have you met with the teacher about your son's experience at school? Sometimes the solution is easy - like "needs glasses to see what's on the board" and sometimes hard like learning disabilities or bullying.
Education and school doesn't come naturally to us when we're children, or at least that's true for a lot of us. But if your son had some tug at school - friends he wants to see, activities he engages in, some early morning classroom responsibility (like feeding the fish in the fish tank) - that will pop him out of bed better than anything.
Here's a like to the Motivation section on education.com that might have something to help. Look through the article titles and at least skim a few that might seem appropriate.
> 60 days ago
When you say "loving son" do you mean he is very attached to you than other members at home? Also, you may want to ask him if there is something going on at school, if this is a new problem that is occurring. Was he fine during the beginning of school? Or you could work out a reward system between the both of you. Is there something that he enjoys the most?
> 60 days ago
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