My teen is failing in school

He needs more love, less judgment ❤️.

My daughter is 14 and at a point she was acting the same . I sat her down to talk to her and she explained all. Now she too in all her classes. It’s not every child who wants to talk to there parent , maybe get someone who he gets along with to have a conversation with him.

@Cecil I just can’t get him to open up to me. He seems to like his therapist so i’m really putting all my hopes in her that she can help him.

@Becca I can’t even get him to bring books home to do homework. The school is letting us use theirs so he can do work at home (which is another issue in itself!). I am considering another school but I feel like it wouldn’t help. Even considering homeschool but I don’t feel I would benefiting him in any way, plus I work full time. Thanks for the suggestion!

Mines always failing classes

@Jade We’ve switched classes and it hasn’t changed. I know i’m constantly nagging at him about how he needs to behave, he’s always grounded, has his phone taken away, can’t play video games… something to show he has a consequence for his actions. I’ve basically layed out that if he is disrespectful to his teachers, he knows he will lose phone privileges but he continues to act disrespectful. He hates school. I get it, I didn’t like school either but not failing isn’t a option. He’s not doing assignments in class so he’s having to do them at home, getting lunch detention, Saturday school etc. So frustrating!!

@Crystal It’s good to know that your son gets along with the therapist. Hopefully he will be free and open up to her soon 💕plus his getting older , teens attitude and behaviour tend to change from time to time.