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Originally Posted by Verbal
rewarding your child for C's ... that might be the problem.
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Well, for this kid it is a huge improvement. In 7th and 8th grade he failed almost every class but was never held back because with no child left behind they just move you on no matter what your grades are. My brother and his wife were going through a rough patch and the boy's mom refused to hold him back. His freshman year he failed 6 of the 15 classes he took and will now be retaking 5 of them (one was an elective). He complained that his 12 year old sister gets a cell phone and he doesn't so my brother made him the deal that if he got C's or better he would get the phone. It's not the best situation, but it is a huge improvement over what he had before.