Middle School Woes
My 11-year-old is having a terrible time with the organizational challenges of middle school. Today he brought me progress report with four zeros in it! He's an intelligent kid who has never had a trouble with the academics in school, but has always had trouble being organized. Now it's catching up with him. I also sense a little bit of apathy creeping in. My only comfort is that people keep telling me it's normal, but I'm going to clamp down with consequences and try to keep better track of what is going on.