DD is finishing up her junior year with a C/C- in math. All other grades are better, but not stellar. We have gone through several tutors over the years but through a combination of carelessness pn tests and homework and just not "getting it," she continues to do poorly. I feel like I have been haranguing her all year about her grades. She is not a terribly hard worker and is much more focused on her art (she will probably go to art school, hopefully RISD). My husband says we should take away privileges in order to MAKE her work harder to get at least a B in math. I say that ship has sailed and the academic motivation has to come from within herself. The result of all this talk about her grades is that my husband and I are anxious and my daughter is regularly in tears. I sense that we need to step back and let her face the consequences, but my husband cannot abide by that and feels that she is throwing away her one big chance to get into the school of her dreams.
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