How do I handle an angry, unwilling teenage son (17) who is failing school but is probably one of the smartest kids?
I don’t know much about teenagers, but your son sounds a lot like my husband as a teenager. I don’t think he was “angry,” but he didn’t care about school at all and nothing anyone did could change that. My husband had been “tested” as a kid and qualified for gifted and talented coursework. He’s also a highly gifted artist. He barely managed to graduate from high school, went to college for about two weeks, spent a couple of years living the sort of lifestyle that tends to kill people, got arrested, endured probation, and then decided he wanted a different life for himself. He went home, cleaned himself up, went back to school, worked full-time, met and married an amazing woman (haha!), and now owns his own successful business. He’s a wonderful husband and father, very responsible, very close to his family. So, while your son’s disinterest in school may seem to be leading him down a path toward the ruination of his life and future happiness, it isn’t the end of the world. He may need to
It is understandable that your son got frustrated. There are many smart students who fail the test, like what happened in Indonesia during the execution of a much-debated National Exam. Keep motivating him, that it is not the end of the world. Life is full of ups and downs, we sometimes can`t predict. Evaluate the failure without blaming him..It`s not about WHY we fail, but HOW we survive after the failure.
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