Anyone else have kids like this? DD7 used to have issues at school sometimes too, but this year she appears to be an absolute model student both academically and behaviorally. She has been student of the week twice and gotten various special "leader" privileges. Her work is nigh on perfect and she overachieves on open-ended assignments. At home, homework time is a complete disaster, with procrastination, perfectionism, and refusal to try (" I CAN'T DO IT") all working together to create a bad situation. She is uncooperative with chores, rude in tone, and unpleasant to her brother.
I don't think the work is too hard. If anything, it's still a bit easy, but it's much better than at her former school. Socially, she seems to be quite happy at school. I do think there is far too much homework (if she really steamed through it, it would still be about an hour a day on average, which includes mandatory time reading texts and doing timed math drills). She is at a gifted school.
Last edited by ultramarina; 12/12/11 02:11 PM.
