Stress over report cards?

[Smurfy]

Any other parents here find themselves getting overly stressed out about your young childs report card? Im talking Kindergarten here. Im wondering if my son will always have a hard time in school if he cant get a Satisfactory grade in just Kindergarten? Im all stressed and worried. I never had a problem in school in my life. School was always easy. Im not sure if over reacting will make things worse for him but also if i dont make a big deal about it, how will he get the picture that he really needs to work harder?

 

[flex123]

Just remember when he starts taking the "little" bus to school, everyone will refer to him as the "special" kid.

 

[Smurfy]

BTW, i work with him on a daily basis on the skills he needs to master in school plus daily rewards/consequences for his behavior at school ( he has trouble focusing and staying on task ). should i not freak out about all this since he is only in kinergarten for crying out loud

 

[revexrevex]

smurfy you have a sick body

 

[Smurfy]

Just remember when he starts taking the "little" bus to school, everyone will refer to him as the "special" kid.

LOL. well right now it seems it is his behavior that gets in the way of his school work. he is certainly smart enough to learn the work so no need for the short bus

 

[Stangfriik]

thought about ADD or ADHD medication?

 

[Smurfy]

smurfy you have a sick body

no, im quite healthy thanks. i pwn you.

 

[Smurfy]

thought about ADD or ADHD medication?

well, no. 1) he is only 5 years old and in kindergarten 2) he is not bouncing off the walls or anything 3) this is only his first grading period of real school in his life. i wouldnt even consider it to be a problem of that magnitude at this juncture, however, his father was and still is ADD and was on medication as a child.

 

[Sub-Zero]

if he doesnt have any sort of learning disabilities, it could be just the destractions of his environment...i know that for me when im trying to do something talking is a huge problem for me, as well as just wanting to get my ass out of there.


but dont give him too much of a hard time about it, if possible...maybe if your serious about this go in and talk to the teachers about his actions in class and see if he is on task, or just goofing off. if hes goofing off, you should definately disapline him for that, so this way as he gets older he will have his OWN appreciation for grades...and then after that all you gotta worry about is if the subject material is whats making his grades bad, and not if his attitude/actions in school is.



i lost my train of thought, because im like that...hope i helped a little

 

[CollegeKid2]

try positive reenforcement rather than stress your kid out with negativity. tell him you'll take him to an amusement park or somewhere that he likes if he gets all A's. and to keep him on track from day to day, tell him he can't watch TV till he has all his homework done, but then reward him with pizza or something on the weekends if he has kept on track without needed to be reminded. something like that... worked for me

(and yes i think it's VERY important that a kid stays on top of school from the very start... if he doesn't, he won't get into the accelerated programs in elementary and middleschools, which means he won't do AP in highschool, which means he won't get into a good college etc etc.. you have to set a good trend at an early age or you are screwed nowadays)