Rarely hands in homework, doesn’t care about schoolwork, and distracting other children are common characteristics of the unmotivated child. Often the unmotivated child seems to have the sole purpose of driving parents and teachers crazy! This is because no consequences seem to work and the child couldn’t care less about schoolwork.
It had been a bad school year by all accounts for the 3rd grade boy. He had consistently struggled in reading and was getting further behind his classmates. His behavior in the classroom was getting worse as he would yell at the teacher and rip up his work. This resulted in frequently being sent to the principal’s office or having to go see the guidance…
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“Put that down!” yelled the mother at her four year old daughter. “I don’t know what has gotten into you, but you are pushing my buttons today.” The mother continued to yell at her daughter as she cleaned up the spilled cereal her daughter had been attempting to put into a bowl. Once she had finished her rant and saw the look on her daughter’s…
The arguing and strife had a reached a climax and the decision had finally been made by the boy’s parents to get a divorce. Divorce occurs in roughly 40% of all marriages and many divorcing couples have children. The impact of divorce on children can be incredibly disruptive and it can take children years to fully recover. There are several steps that parents can utilize…
“But it is too hard. I am never going to get it,” whined the boy to his mother as he stared at the long sheet of math problems. His mother came over to the kitchen table and said, “Look, you haven’t even tried these yet. You are a smart boy. I am sure you will figure it out.” The boy waited until his mother left…