How should parents handle a bad report card?

[Diamond0702]

[SilentShadow]

I think parents should start helping their students with their work. If they don't like their grades, then they should motivate them to do better. I am both jealous and surprised whenever I hear about a mother or father that helps their child with their child. They sit down with them, study with them, and make sure they get everything done. ... My parents never did that, and I have no motivation to try in school. Those children succeed and I do not.

If parents would take an hour or so out of their precious time to help their child study, then there would be no bad report cards. Asking a child to do everything on their own is too much pressure.

[SilentShadow]

"... that helps their child with their child." Shit, I meant homework. Lol. But thanks for MHO.

[Diamond0702]

Lol it's okay and you're welcome

[Paris13]

Mom was a Straw Boss and if she would See a Loss... Ground me for 10 weeks until the next Report Card.
I never had to go Through this Pain, always was a Gain, but she was Surely Strict when it came to an "A" or a"B" for Me and my Two other Sisters at Hand with a No Nonsense Upper hand.
I Thank her Today.
Good luck and Great question, @Diamond0702 xx

[openthedoors]

All this different styles of learning is bs. I get straight A's and take all AP classes and that's the reason why I'm getting into a good school. If my kid think he can get a bad report card then he ain't getting a phone, more then one pair of clothes, or a room in my house. Call me a bitch but I raise champions.

[John_Lion_84]

My dad: You know what to do.
Me: No! I don't.
Dad: So!
Me: -_-
Dad: Am standing right in front of you
Me: Yes! What do you want me to say
Dad: To say! No, I offered you my help over 100 times, will you ever accept my offer?
Me: (denying his story) You never offered me any help with my school homework.
Dad: Am offering it now.
Me: Alright.
Dad: When do we get started? tomorrow?
Me: I don't know, after lunch maybe.
My dad is an electrical engineer and i was 11 years old, that was the last year i had any math problems, and later no problem in physics.

[Aaron2401]

Depends. Did the child try their best but not do well, or did they get bad grades because they just didn't try.

If they did their best, don't be too harsh and instead look into where their difficulties came from and try to help.

If they just didn't try, some kind of punishment might be in order.

[Kuraj]

By throwing it out of a window, because grades are pointless and ineffective.
Instead, interact with your kids and help them find intrinsic motivation to study.

Understand what your kid likes and doesn't like and just go from there.
There is no point forcing a kid who hates math into getting anything better than Ds because they sure as hell aren't going down the career path of a statistician or finance planner in the future anyway.

[MrAtticusLebowski]

depends how bad? We talking straight F's or an occasional C's and D's.

If your kid is straight flunking everything then there's some other issue going on here.

[PinkT15]

Maybe instead of yelling about it, like most parents like to do they should get more involved in their child's school work to ensure that they're doing their parts as parents and that their child is doing their part in school.

[Jloyd81]

You or whoever must not be interested, bored, or have different learning styles and abilities. Read bright Minds, Poor Grades if you think your child is typically bored and not interested. It will tell you what to do. Great book.

[JoyGirl]

Oh, my. My parents would kill me is I was getting less than a 90 in a class. Sometimes they let a B plus slid, but anything else... no. 😅😂

[sparta13]

ask their child why is that so bad? and any vaild reason found than try to improve those things so children get good marks or grades but if it occur just for child mistake than motivate them to improve his mistake next time

[neoagent1]

Figure out what's wrong with the kid. SOmeone that gets Ds in everything has *something* wrong with them.

[Anonymous]

Get a tutor, try helping the child yourself, parent teacher meeting to see if there a problem in class etc etc...

[skeptic002]

by not caring
its the parents job to teach kids not this corrupt government

[Anonymous]

D-, stupid, it's like, dude, just say they're failing. that's why i like the pass fail option better

[LittleSally]

Beat the crap out of that lazy idiot...

[LittleSally]

But - honestly, they'll do a way better job of punishing themselves in the end...

[FantasyGeek05]

Don't punish but help

[Phreshy]

With tact and respect.

[Dred1614returns]

I'd start revoking privileges.

[Trending]

No social media for 3 months

[SovereignessofVamps]

I'd get a tutor.

[Cómoestás]

With bullets

[Anonymous]

Beat the child!