Discipline at its finest

When you have a child that acts out in school, at home, and you know you have to do something to implement some consequences for such actions, it can be quite tasking.

I have one child that constantly struggles in school, and there are little “wins” that we try to celebrate on this journey.

For instance, earlier this week, I met with the school counselor, the personal counselor, vice principal, teacher, and had my step-sister attend also.

It was brought up that this amazingly smart son of mine, had done some clever things on his chromebook at school. He is so smart, that the teachers had to contact the IT department and block him from having access temporarily. He knows what he’s doing, but it’s not allowed, he’s definitely pushing and abusing the access he has been granted. Taking advantage of the internet access, signing into his personal email, which he had obtained when he got his personal chromebook a couple of years ago.

I know that he follows certain Youtubers, so maybe he learned some of these “skills or hacks” from them? I’m just not sure. I didn’t sit right next to him each time that he was online. But, I know that he is capable of doing things super fast, before you even realize what he’s done.

Consequences at home right now, involve no access to the internet and no chromebook game time.

Now, as far as the length of time of this “consequence…” I had originally stated that it would extend through January 23rd when we meet as a group at the school again. We will be reviewing his behavior, participation, and work quality at that time.

However, I made a small revision to the deal, as he was really upset about it, and I do realize that is a long consequence.

So, in order to achieve some immediate “wins” rather than him moping around and “just not caring about anything,” we talked about having the rest of this school week meeting and exceeding goals that his teacher has for him.

I expect participation in every subject, sitting at his desk appropriately, listening and taking notes, completing all work in class, and only bringing home the usual homework. Taking AR tests and meeting his goal, or close to it before Thanksgiving Break.

These are all achievable goals, and so far he did well yesterday. Here’s to today, and if it goes well, he will be allowed to play on his games for a short bit this weekend.

That made him happy as a clam.

Fingers crossed for him.