Keeping Up With Teens Grades! What's a Mum To Do?

Posted by Vulnadia on Mar 16, 2011 at 10:25 PM What do you as a mom of a teen do to help your child stay on target with their grades? I've medicaded the supposed ADHD symptoms that teachers reported-as my son has gotten older, I've found that he has a focusing issue & basically bad organizational skills...he is on the mildest medication that we could find...just enough to keep him able to focus...without the depression & the side effects. I stay on top of grades as best as I can, too. I frequent teacher websites to monitor homework,test dates & assignments...I monitor the school site where grades are posted to try & stay on top of grades, too...(it sure beats the game of will the progress info make it all the way home or not.) Do you find that teachers don't often post assignments until almost after the fact? Our teachers are also notorious for not posting grades-they will enter the assignment's worth into the system, and some will even enter a zero until they grade the actual assignment which can bring the grade down temporarily-we were actually punishing our child for bad grades that just weren't posted yet...which causes a HUGE problem... We can't tell a real zero from a not-yet-posted one-& the grade reflects it either way is the horrid part making it close to impossible to tell if it's for real or not without the frequent emailing of the teacher!!! It's the last part of the 9wks for our children-literally it ends on Friday, and I cannot tell WHAT his grades are going to be- it's anybody's guess at the moment...one teacher is soo far behind that February's grades aren't even posted yet... I'm sweatin it, and trying my best to stay on top of everything with him so I can keep tabs... But what can you do? How much is too much? Should I back off or should I stick with it? What's the best way YOU have found to help keep up with grades & not be too immersed into it, yet constructively be there to help your teen stay on target