re: So, my wife and I had to discipline our daughter for not putting forth effort in school

You did the right thing

Your wife is an idiot

During the economic recession, the folks who were getting the majority of the scarce jobs were degree holders.

Schooling is still EXTREMELY important for economic mobility.

Your ship sailed long ago my man.

Question, does she have chores, responsibilities. Does she respect you and your wife, if she won't do as she is asked as a member of a family you got a long road ahead

Your wife is the problem. She has been brainwashed by liberal progressive domination in all forms of media. Yea, what's the point of anything when we can just let the state take care of all needs until we die.....

HA! Your daughter inherited her attitude from your wife !!

You're fricked, unless you have a HotWife, then you're cucked and fricked.



But seriously, good job on parenting.

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My dad called that taking away technology. He meant ALL technology. I of course responded with how can I eat without a fork? It was only because of the grace and class of my mother that I ate with a fork.

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But how the hell did you eat without teeth?

This seems to be the product of being brought up in a more loose home environment. You have to instill discipline and structure in children very early on. They have to get used to it to where it is just the norm to them and they know nothing else. Every night I make my nephew log on to Khan Academy and do his geometry. This is after he gets done with his after school tutoring. While he is there at the table doing his geometry, my daughter is there too doing a work book with numbers and alphabets. I think by doing this she will get accustomed early to valuing education and the discipline of studying.

Took away soccer? What would I do with my Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings and my Saturdays and Sundays?

Seriously. 4:45-7:45 (travel time included) 3 nights a week and, fir example, games at 10 and 1 Saturday, 10 and maybe finals Sunday. At least this weekend is a home tournament only 40 minutes away.

FML

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This seems to be the product of being brought up in a more loose home environment. You have to instill discipline and structure in children very early on. They have to get used to it to where it is just the norm to them and they know nothing else. Every night I make my nephew log on to Khan Academy and do his geometry. This is after he gets done with his after school tutoring. While he is there at the table doing his geometry, my daughter is there too doing a work book with numbers and alphabets. I think by doing this she will get accustomed early to valuing education and the discipline of studying

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I hear what you are saying but every child is different. My son comes home do his work every single day without us having to ask. On the other hand, my daughter is the total opposite. She procrastinates, half do everything, or doesn't try at all. We've done most of things that were suggested throughout this thread, but it doesn't matter what steps we take if she doesn't put forth effort and try. Last night when we went in her room to box up all of her privileged items she miraculously had a significant pep in her step and finished that same homework assignment in 15 minutes which previously was taking over two hours to do.

I believe the next step I'm going to take with her is this weekend I'm going to have her research why an education is important, write a 1 to 2 page report on it, and have her present it to the family. Then I'll follow that up with some real world examples, by driving through less deprived areas and discuss what she learned through her research. We love her very much and are just frustrated as hell because we can't find a way to get through to her. Hopefully, we'll find a way soon.