Are school attendance and homework priorities for your family?
Especially now, in a time where jobs are scarce, employers put more emphasis on hiring people with higher educational degrees.
This doesn’t help the 15-35% (and as high as 45%) of high school dropouts.
According to Dr. Roger W. McIntire, author of Teenagers and Parents: 10 Steps to a Better Relationship and Raising Good Kids in Tough Times, quitting high school begins with missing school days.
One of the tips that Dr. McIntire gives for you is to remember that letting your kids stay up late at night, can lead them to be lazy about going to school the next morning. Your high schoolers may say they’re feeling tired or sick.
What Dr. McIntire fails to highlight is…
The necessity for parents to reinforce the concept of school in their children. If your kids feel like they want to give up on school, tell them that they’re still young and have so much more to achieve. If your kids don’t like his or her particular high school, look into transferring.
Have any of your children thought about dropping out of high school, and why? What finally happened? Tell us and other parents your stories and insights.
Will your Teenager Drop Out of School? [Parent Success]
