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Listen up parents. Is your teen skipping classes, getting referrals left and right, and treating you with disrespect? Let me tell you how to set boundaries for your kids. If you follow these guidelines I can guarantee you a smarter, more positive future for your kids. Homework is the most important thing on this planet. Your kid does not want to go to school anymore. I will tell you why. It is because of the stress at home and school. Let me explain. Your kid comes home from school, throws their book bag in their room and goes directly to there free time destination. Let me tell you why. Because, you do not reward them right. You gave them the TV; you gave them the video game system and that computer they use all the time. Nobody is making them do their homework. this is what you have to do. Sit down with your kid and tell them that things are changing around here. They cannot do anything after school at all for one hour sitting down at the table with a book, pencil and paper out in front of them. If their fingers aren't walking or their eyes aren't looking at the text. Add another 30 minutes. If they have practice they have to come home and still do their homework exactly like this. If this doesn't work then I would suggest taking their favorite thing apart. Example: take their memory card to their game system. They would have to start their favorite game all over. and maybe learn that, "dang I could have keep my game if I just sat there for one hour doing my homework." If they need help with their homework, and you don't know how to answer that question, don't tell them to look in the book because the answer is in there. You look in the book with them and help them find the answer. The second thing is making sure your kid is in class. Make a class card for one week. put all of your kids teacher on there and have your kid give it to their teacher at the end of the class period they have to initial it. Have your kid give it to you when he gets home from school and if all of the teachers filled out his card for every period. Reward them. Remember you are not rewarding him for something that their finally doing. You're rewarding them for changing and making their future brighter. Third and most important. Try not to let them date outside of school. Because they have that boy or girl glued to their every cell in their brain. Tell them they are not allowed to date anymore till they turn 18. They can have their little boyfriends and girlfriends in school. But don't allow them to talk to them outside of school. These my friends are 3 suggestions that go together in order to start setting a boundary for your kid

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