Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 fun? I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or if you mean that literally? She is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!! is 12 going on 18...she's a city kid so she is a bit more mature than other 12 year olds. She goes to a large urban middle/high school and already bops around the city with her pals. It's just become a very tiresome battle to get her to focus on her schoolwork and not just her social life. UGHH Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 --Sarcastic... is 14 and knows more than I do.....I keep telling her she does not but she laughs.... goes to a fairly small suburban school but rumbles withe best of them..any 14 year old girl who is the ONLY girl on the boys ice hockey team, we do not have female teams in the public school here like they do in Mass. She thinks nothing of it...I always wonder if I was this way to my Mom cause I don't remember doing it...., PA - In , " ae_mcd2003 " <ae_mcd2003@...> wrote: > > fun? I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or if you mean that > literally? She is driving me crazy!!!!!!!!!! > > is 12 going on 18...she's a city kid so she is a bit more mature > than other 12 year olds. She goes to a large urban middle/high school > and already bops around the city with her pals. > > It's just become a very tiresome battle to get her to focus on her > schoolwork and not just her social life. > > UGHH > > Ann > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 I guess I'm a bit relieved you were being sarcastic!! I bet really has been a big help to you as was Em. I can handle most of the " stuff " , but I am actually quite upset with her lack of attention to her studies. is the type of kid that reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her choosing, sits in her room writing poetry and then gets a D on an easy vocabulary test. Anyone have any advice on how to help a kid like that? I would greatly appreciate it. You all know how stress contributes to the back pain. Ann PS A friend of mine and her husband refer to their 3 teenage kids as " the bad roommates " hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Ann, It will get better in about 10 years! You can't make her want to study vocabulary. Be glad she's reading and writing poetry! Sounds like a pretty neat kid to me! Kathy > > I guess I'm a bit relieved you were being sarcastic!! I bet > really has been a big help to you as was Em. > > I can handle most of the " stuff " , but I am actually quite upset with > her lack of attention to her studies. is the type of kid that > reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her choosing, sits in her room writing > poetry and then gets a D on an easy vocabulary test. Anyone have any > advice on how to help a kid like that? I would greatly appreciate it. > You all know how stress contributes to the back pain. > > Ann > > PS > A friend of mine and her husband refer to their 3 teenage kids as " the > bad roommates " hehe. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 " is the type of kid that reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her choosing, sits in her room writing poetry and then gets a D on an easy vocabulary test." This made me laugh out loud! I am a learning specialist and I can assure you that you are not the only parent in the world that stresses about this kind of thing! I know mine did! As long as you get her focused before college, you won't have to stress about PAYING for those Ds. I'll see if I can find you some resources and send them to you in a private email. Mind you, this is coming from someone who has chosen not to live with those kind of 'bad roommates', but that cracked me up too! kam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Ann, Oh, my. You make me glad my kids are beyond the teenage years. My daughter was reading books at age 4. By 3rd grade she was faking book reports by just embellishing the book jacket stuff. By 13, she criticized my clothing and looked at me with a look that said I was the stupidest person she knew. Well, she graduated from college and is now a responsible, wonderful, successful 37 year old and we enjoy each others company immensely. So take heart. As hard as the teenage years are, it'll be fine in the end. Bonnie [ ] Re: teenage daughters I guess I'm a bit relieved you were being sarcastic!! I bet really has been a big help to you as was Em. I can handle most of the "stuff", but I am actually quite upset with her lack of attention to her studies. is the type of kid that reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her choosing, sits in her room writing poetry and then gets a D on an easy vocabulary test. Anyone have any advice on how to help a kid like that? I would greatly appreciate it. You all know how stress contributes to the back pain.AnnPSA friend of mine and her husband refer to their 3 teenage kids as "the bad roommates" hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Dear Ann, Here's my two cents on dealing with teens, and I have two currently at home. Structure, because somewhere around seventh grade they just loose their minds, and can't seem to focus. My nineth grader who is extreamly smart, tests advanced on all the state tests, just does fine for about half the quarter, and then just slacks. By the time we catch it, he's in the " D " range. So now I have him print his grades nightly, we have the ability to do that, and it's " His " responsibility to show them to me. He actually has become proud of doing well, and has gotten all his grades upto a " B " or better, except for Geometry, which he has a high " C " . He has all honors classes, but he knows that being in them is a " Honor " and he has perform to be able to stay there or he won't get those classes next year. Sometimes I feel like I micro manage them, but it only takes one or two bad tests or assignments, or an absence to send them down hill quick. My best advice is stay on top of her grades, be supportive, help with home work when needed, and like I have to do with Niles, help her with time management and make her responsible for her own results. They are just a mess, school, social stuff, family, and God knows all the other pressures, they just get overwhelmed. Mine have really come along, more work for me in the beginning, but the results have sure paid off, and Lord knows a whole lot less stress and anger around here. [ ] Re: teenage daughters >I guess I'm a bit relieved you were being sarcastic!! I bet > really has been a big help to you as was Em. > > I can handle most of the " stuff " , but I am actually quite upset with > her lack of attention to her studies. is the type of kid that > reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her choosing, sits in her room writing > poetry and then gets a D on an easy vocabulary test. Anyone have any > advice on how to help a kid like that? I would greatly appreciate it. > You all know how stress contributes to the back pain. > > Ann > > PS > A friend of mine and her husband refer to their 3 teenage kids as " the > bad roommates " hehe. > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 --- Wow that is impressive. I would like to just get to read one novel I would consider it a good day!! She is a good student but far more concerned about sports than books...I am always trying to find that balance....,PA In , " ae_mcd2003 " <ae_mcd2003@...> wrote: > > I guess I'm a bit relieved you were being sarcastic!! I bet > really has been a big help to you as was Em. > > I can handle most of the " stuff " , but I am actually quite upset with > her lack of attention to her studies. is the type of kid that > reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her choosing, sits in her room writing > poetry and then gets a D on an easy vocabulary test. Anyone have any > advice on how to help a kid like that? I would greatly appreciate it. > You all know how stress contributes to the back pain. > > Ann > > PS > A friend of mine and her husband refer to their 3 teenage kids as " the > bad roommates " hehe. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 --- Kam, i know this is a flatback site but i too am interested in any links/info in this area...my son, Ben is a student with learning disabilities in the Lang. Arts/Reading area. He is off to college next year....The school he will attend next year has learing support services...anything else i should look into on the college level??ANY info would be apprecaited.., PA In , " advokam " <advokam@...> wrote: > > > > " is the type of kid that reads 1 or 2 novels a week of her > choosing, sits in her room writing poetry and then gets a D on an easy > vocabulary test. " > > This made me laugh out loud! I am a learning specialist and I can assure > you that you are not the only parent in the world that stresses about > this kind of thing! I know mine did! As long as you get her focused > before college, you won't have to stress about PAYING for those Ds. I'll > see if I can find you some resources and send them to you in a private > email. > > Mind you, this is coming from someone who has chosen not to live with > those kind of 'bad roommates', but that cracked me up too! > > kam > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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