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anabels - 2012-03-13 02:37:54
This college lecturer thanks you so much. The rules say we aren't allowed to chase our students and even if we were there isn't time! Half my class just failed their mid term because nobody ever taught them that they have to do for themselves. Help is there if they ask but I can't frog march them into a classroom and make them study! Hope Wolf manages to sort himself out until such time as he can drop subjects that aren't doing it for him! Hugs Bels
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beanie - 2012-03-13 03:06:42
You ARE doing a good job. Flunking art may not keep him out of college, but it is a good lesson for him to learn.. and better as a freshman than as a senior!
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Dr. Liz - 2012-03-13 04:03:45
My parents were big on the sink-or-swim thing with school; somehow I managed to get a Ph.D. and I don't seem to be doomed. ;-) I always go the MD with the spouse (same thing - I'll grill him afterward anyway, and he doesn't want to go without me anyway - AND our MD always wants to hear my opinion on how he's doing) but he doesn't ever go with me. Which suits me just fine! -Dr. Liz
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Jim - 2012-03-13 20:23:37
Nancy and I don't usually go with each other to doctor's appointments. I went with her to a couple of ob/gyn appointments, but those were the ones where they showed the sonogram where you were supposed to look at these wavy lines on a screen and recognize a baby. (Good lord, those two sonograms are going to turn 27 and 30 in May!) And more recently, we each sat in on visits with our podiatrist before surgery (she was having bunion surgery and a year or so later I had Achilles tendon repair) so that he could explain about post-op care. I think you are right with Wolf -- the only way to learn responsibility is to learn that there are consequences and you have to be responsible for your actions or lack thereof.
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Stephanie - 2012-03-14 01:29:01
The day I gave up the role of "Homework Police" was a very liberating one, indeed - not only for me, but for my girls, as well. And I'm with you on the privacy issues - I don't want company when I go to a doctor OR when I go to the bathroom.
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Terri t - 2012-03-13 21:59:04
Yep,I want my space in the bathroom and at the doctor's office unless I can't handle it by myself....(never happened yet.) And I recall when my son got a bad grade in Art in the 3rd grade. He did all the assignments but didn't bother to hand them in....no clue on why. He survived school and regrets his lazy times now.
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poundheadhere - 2012-03-14 06:48:24
I'm convinced if my ex's parents had looked at him more realistically, and had stopped bailing him out, he might still be alive today. He died as a consequence of drug abuse, and told them himself he started smuggling heroin at age 17. His mom claimed he was covering for me, who must've introduced him to drugs. (We met when we were 19 and I didn't even know what pot was.) Your way is vastly better.
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