Report cards are a symbol of school life. If grades did not matter and there were no report cards who knows for certain how and what students would learn. Report card day can either be a day of dread or a day of high anticipation with little in between. It can be stressful enough for a student when their friends want to see their report card or ask how they did, but those grade cards have to go home. How a parent reacts to bad grades either will make a child want to hide out of fear of punishment and yelling, or run home for comfort and understanding. Parents and teachers always play a role in the success of a child through their actions and words, both need to take responsibility but it is the parent who must find the reason or reasons why their child is getting bad grades. Sometimes a bad grade card is not solely the fault of the child but sometimes it is.
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“We have an 85 percent rule in the house: her grades need to be 85 percent or above or she is grounded to the house until the next progress report... Should I punish her” (Schulten)? Situations similar to this one happen every week in homes across America. Hiding the grade card was wrong but so is yelling and grounding your child for not measuring up to your standards, they already know they have not done that the key is to motivate them to work harder not humiliating him. The most important thing a parent can do, and the first place to start when their child brings home a bad report card is to listen to what their child has to say before they open their mouth. Among the excuses there may be insights as to the problem such as inability to see the board, tired from after school activities, or maybe he is too embarrassed to ask for help
“We have an 85 percent rule in the house: her grades need to be 85 percent or above or she is grounded to the house until the next progress report... Should I punish her” (Schulten)? Situations similar to this one happen every week in homes across America. Hiding the grade card was wrong but so is yelling and grounding your child for not measuring up to your standards, they already know they have not done that the key is to motivate them to work harder not humiliating him. The most important thing a parent can do, and the first place to start when their child brings home a bad report card is to listen to what their child has to say before they open their mouth. Among the excuses there may be insights as to the problem such as inability to see the board, tired from after school activities, or maybe he is too embarrassed to ask for help