HELP FOR THE FAMILY
How You Can Help Your Child to Improve His Grades
Your child not like school business, and he not like to study and do his homework. And because of that, he acting bad and he not getting good grades? How you can help your child to improve his grades?
What you need to know
Don’t put pressure on your child. Putting pressure on your child can make him to start worrying when he in school and when he come home. Because of that, he can even start lying, hiding his test paper when he fail, putting your signature on his report card behind you, or running away from school. And this one can only make the problem worse.
Giving the child gift for passing can cause problem. One father name Andrew say, “To encourage our daughter to study, we try giving her something each time she make good grades. But that one only make her to start focusing on what she was getting. Anytime she fail, she can start feeling bad about not getting her gift more than her failing grade.”
Blaming the teachers will not help your child. Maybe your child thinking that to get good grades, he not need to put any effort. And he na even start blaming other people for his mistake and expecting them to solve his problems. In short your child will not be willing to accept his mistakes when he grow up
Wetin you can do
Control your feelings. If you vex, wait until your temper come down before you talk with your child about his grades. One father name Brett say, “Me and my wife na get good results from taking our time to talk kindly with our children.
Bible advise: “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.”—James 1:19.
Know the real problem. Some of the thing them that can make children to fail in school that teasing, changing their schools, worrying about exam, family problems, not sleeping good, not having good schedule, or not able to pay attention for long. If your child facing any of this problem them, don’t feel that your child just lazy.
Bible advise : “The one who shows insight in a matter will find success.”—Proverbs 16:20.
Make study time enjoyable. Make schedule for your child to study and do his homework. Look for place where your child can do his homework free from things that will disturb him, like TV and cell phones. Do the homework small-small so it can help your child to understand the lesson good-good. One father name Hector from Germany say, “When test time coming, instead of waiting for last minute to time, we can make sure to go over our son notes small-small with him every day.”
Bible advise: “There is an appointed time for everything.”—Ecclesiastes 3:1.
Encourage your child to learn. When you help your child to understand how he will benefit from school now-now, it will help him to enjoy learning. For example, math can help him know how to use his money the right way.
Bible advise: “Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding. . . . Highly esteem it.”—Proverbs 4:5, 8.
Remember this: Help your child with his homework, but don’t do it for him. Andrew say, “Our daughter started depending on us to do her homework instead of doing it herself.” Teach your child how to do his homework on his own.