Comments on: Failing Dad http://realityme.net/2006/04/12/failing-dad/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: djuggler http://realityme.net/2006/04/12/failing-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-991 djuggler Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:25:23 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/04/12/failing-dad/#comment-991 Forced to watch tv :) That's great! I'm not taking it too personally. She is old enough and mature enough to accept the consequences of her own actions. I find frustrating that I haven't found the magic button that will let her open up to us and ask for help. I will beat myself up a little for not making the time to somehow be more involved with her education. The "failing dad" title is a bit of word play on her 6 failed tests, our failure to communicate, and my failure to head this off before she got so far behind. So I give myself a failing grade. Forced to watch tv :) That’s great!

I’m not taking it too personally. She is old enough and mature enough to accept the consequences of her own actions. I find frustrating that I haven’t found the magic button that will let her open up to us and ask for help. I will beat myself up a little for not making the time to somehow be more involved with her education. The “failing dad” title is a bit of word play on her 6 failed tests, our failure to communicate, and my failure to head this off before she got so far behind. So I give myself a failing grade.

]]> By: Reality Me » From the mouths of babes http://realityme.net/2006/04/12/failing-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Reality Me » From the mouths of babes Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:15:58 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/04/12/failing-dad/#comment-990 [...] This goes hand in hand with my earlier post. [...] [...] This goes hand in hand with my earlier post. [...]

]]> By: Stormare Mackee http://realityme.net/2006/04/12/failing-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Stormare Mackee Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:06:52 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/04/12/failing-dad/#comment-989 Doug, I think it's called "being a teenager", and barring a time machine, there's not much one can do about it :) And fwiw, I think you've been lucky to not have it happen until she's a teenager (we're just going through the same with our 3rd grader). Doug, I think it’s called “being a teenager”, and barring a time machine, there’s not much one can do about it :) And fwiw, I think you’ve been lucky to not have it happen until she’s a teenager (we’re just going through the same with our 3rd grader).

]]> By: kristyk http://realityme.net/2006/04/12/failing-dad/comment-page-1/#comment-988 kristyk Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:44:16 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/04/12/failing-dad/#comment-988 I don't think you are failing at all. We have been going through the same thing with Mica. I have had to inform all of her teachers to contact us directly because she isn't honest with them OR us. Just last week, I got an email from her teacher that she didn't complete the report they had four weeks to do. Her excuse? We FORCED her to watch tv and refused to let her work at home. Complete lie. Try not to take it personally. I don’t think you are failing at all. We have been going through the same thing with Mica. I have had to inform all of her teachers to contact us directly because she isn’t honest with them OR us. Just last week, I got an email from her teacher that she didn’t complete the report they had four weeks to do. Her excuse? We FORCED her to watch tv and refused to let her work at home. Complete lie.

Try not to take it personally.

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