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Originally Posted by malcolmk14
But, do you give her a lot of responsibilities around the house? Does she clean her own room, make her own lunch, remember to pack her own agenda and school books in the morning? Generally grade 4 and 5 kids have difficulty taking responsibility for their learning and their actions because there aren't any consequences for things not being done. They think that if they don't do it, someone else will come along and do it for them.
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She does have quite a few responsibilities I like to think, including the ones you mentioned. We're in the process of coming up with a new system to make them more routine though, such as chores around the house. I think maybe incorporating the same routine every day might help.
She is very smart, but uses those smarts in the wrong areas...ie figuring out how she can get out of doing things, even pretending she doesn't know how to do her hw or work in class because she thinks she can just brush it aside essentially. I know she's smart and I don't have blinders on, we're just struggling to get her to apply herself. Apparently she is just like her mother at that age. So worst case, I can just blame the wife.
