Thanks for all the suggestions, I just got back from hanging out with a RL friend. Talked with her about it it went well at first but by the end it disintegrated into her telling me she just thinks my kid is being lazy and doesn't really want it badly enough. Was very frustrating and why I often don't like to talk with her about the situation.
polarbear, I'm grateful to read your words. It's just so frustrating when he has nothing to say. And he then gets frustrated and then anxious and it bleeds into everything else he does.
aeh, Thanks for your list. Lots of good suggestions there.
