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re: Start your sons to school a year late.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:50 pm to pelicanpride
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:50 pm to pelicanpride
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If it’s all parenting, then why is it that the boys are the ones getting in trouble at much higher rates?
We parent boys differently than girls, including many ways beyond our conscious recognition. Boys need more emotional nurturing from their fathers than they typically get. I’d focus on trying to limit this deficit.
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:52 pm to pelicanpride
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As others have said, the educational system really is stacked against boys and the way they learn.
Wut lol
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:53 pm to SuperSaint
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shite I was 28yo before I one day came to the realization I was a damn heathen
It happens to different people at different times. I was married with 2 kids in daycare and a mortgage when I was 28.
I think the light switch from boy to man flicked on for me about 22-23.
Also me though
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:53 pm to pelicanpride
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but his grades don’t reflect that
“My kid is smart he’s just not good at the part where you show how smart you are”
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:55 pm to pelicanpride
I am in a totally different t situation with a girl. She is younger than anyone in her grade. She has an August bday. We are going with it and she is fully socialized at that age. She has two older brothers though and I think that makes a difference.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:56 pm to pelicanpride
We held our son back and did an extra year of pre-K. Best decision we ever made for him.
This post was edited on 7/8/23 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:57 pm to REB BEER
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This is total BS. My son was 17 when he graduated HS but he had a 4.0. He was on 2 state championship football teams and would have been on 3 if I started him a year later. But he’s fine.
My younger brother was 17 when he graduated. He did fine in high school but wasn't mature enough for college and struggled his first two years before he finally settled down.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:58 pm to pelicanpride
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I have a son in elementary whose math and spatial reasoning skills are in the gifted range, but his grades don’t reflect that because he’s too busy acting like a little dickhead in class.
He’s never gonna get good grades. Just accept that.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:59 pm to pelicanpride
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I have a son in elementary whose math and spatial reasoning skills are in the gifted range, but his grades don’t reflect that because he’s too busy acting like a little dickhead in class.
You need to put your son in a school where they understand that girls and boys are different.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 4:59 pm to BayouFann
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Your kid isn’t the only dick in his class. Others just know and follow what they’ve been taught and allowed in different settings. Behavior isn’t a reason to hold a child back academically. Parent harder.
Well, I know it’s not 100% me as a parent because I have other kids who don’t get in trouble. Honestly, I should have left the example of my son off this post. When I say he’s being a dickhead, I mean that he’s talking in class and cutting up for attention. He’s not directly disrespectful to his teachers.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:00 pm to imjustafatkid
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You need to put your son in a school where they understand that girls and boys are different.
Where would I find one of these schools?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:00 pm to Tvilletiger
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I am in a totally different t situation with a girl. She is younger than anyone in her grade. She has an August bday.
My August bday daughter had similar issues to the OP's son. It all worked out by 8th grade.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:02 pm to pelicanpride
Or just have your son in October. Puts him at almost 6 starting school.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:02 pm to pelicanpride
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Where would I find one of these schools?
Probably private school I guess. Somewhere they don't expect the boys to act like the girls. We don't have that problem in our public schools here so I never really had to look around when my very young for her class daughter acted out.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:07 pm to pelicanpride
How about making a decision based on their maturity?
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:07 pm to pelicanpride
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I have a son in elementary whose math and spatial reasoning skills are in the gifted range, but his grades don’t reflect that because he’s too busy acting like a little dickhead in class. He will mature eventually, but I seriously doubt his high school GPA will reflect his true intelligence. The extra year of maturity would have made a difference.
This is bullshite. Having been in the gifted program I can tell you gifted kids who act out aren't being challenged enough compared to their peers. If you held him back a year then there'd be an even bigger problem.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:08 pm to pelicanpride
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I have a son in elementary whose math and spatial reasoning skills are in the gifted range, but his grades don’t reflect that because he’s too busy acting like a little dickhead in class.
Not all boys are as emotionally challenged as your son is at that age. Blanket decrees on what is best for a child is lazy thinking and a sign of emotion being front and center.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:10 pm to PTBob
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“My kid is smart he’s just not good at the part where you show how smart you are”
Does repeatedly acing standardized tests count? Ever see a boy with a 2.5 GPA get the highest ACT score in the grade? Who is smarter? The kid with the 3.0 who is 10 points lower on the ACT or the kid with the 2.5? I’d say it’s the kid with the 2.5. Doesn’t mean he will do better in college or be a better employee one day. Emotional regulation certainly matters.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:13 pm to pelicanpride
My son has a late August birthday. The plan was always 2 years of kindergarten. 2020 came and Covid hit, which was his kinder year. It worked out perfectly. He’s almost 8, going into second, and is so far ahead of his classmates both academically and socially. He’s an only child, so he wasn’t going to set any maturity records otherwise. The others will catch up, but school has been so much easier with the extra boost. I can’t imagine sending a dumbass 17 year old boy to college
Posted on 7/8/23 at 5:14 pm to wheelr
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We pulled our kids out too years ago and homeskool them. They are getting a much better education away from all of the riprap.
Let’s hope you aren’t teaching spelling.
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