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Ok remember that thread about what I was getting my son for Christmas?

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lol 8 years eh...well thats because he still thinks school is great

grades at that age is childsplay (no pun intended 😛)

But congrats none the less
 
Originally posted by: Mrvile
lol...never ask AT for opinions on anyone's grades, especially your kid's...
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Not asking for opinions, just a proud dad. I see alot of kids who (in his grade) who don't care and they get terrible grades. I'm proud of him. 🙂
 
"Spoiling" a kid is great as long as they understand it as rewarding them for a specific accomplishment... which it sounds like he does given his improving grades. What you DON'T want to do is just buy your kid sh1t whenever he asks for it.
 
Oh no, not this again..

So he's 8 and he got a B? What class? Shoe tying 101, Intro to Juice Drinking, or Nap time 207?
 
in my family I got a "make sure you dont fvck up later" when I came home with straight As... and I liked it. The woe of the Chinese son.
 
Originally posted by: Epoman
Originally posted by: Excelsior
Originally posted by: wfbberzerker
just be careful, spoiling your kid rotten won't neccesarily lead to good things.
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Yeah, yet I can understand how some parents spoil their kids. They just want them to be happy so they figure by throwing money/gifts at them, they will. However, in the long term, taking them on a cool trip, teaching them something new, or doing something together in general will mean much more to them than the toys they got as a kid. I think as they mature they will come to appreciate those types of things more than toys.


That is just my opinion though.
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VERY VERY True that is why I spend as much time with my son as I can, we have a GREAT relationship.
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I never meant to imply that you did not. Sorry if I made that impression.

I am sure you are a good father. 🙂
 
heh, I remember when i was in 1st-3rd grade, i never got A's... I got S's, S+'s and S-'s... which translates to Bs, Cs, and Ds... school as a young kiddo was a terrible indicator of whether I was smart or stupid.
 
I'm glad your kid is doing well. On another note, I kept a 4.0 GPA up until senior year of high school and did I get anything cool for X-mas or my b-day? No. It was usually somehting educational or clothes, maybe $50 every once in a while. Damned asian parents.
 
Originally posted by: Epoman
Originally posted by: InlineFour
i'm guessing dad didn't have these good of grades as a kid.
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True, you are correct. I have nothing to be ashamed of, I hated school.
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Not to mention all these people bitching at you don't realize that a generation ago, you did not get an "A" for merely scratching your butt (as in many high schools today), grunting, and pasting something off of Google.
 
Be careful of rewarding him for doing what he likes... because he may come to relate school not as something he likes, but as something he can get from you, and the joy of the activity itself will be lost. Especially if the reward is very consistent... if you missed one reward, he will believe he was entitled to it... and if you don't progressively give him better rewards that is par to what he's getting now (a game console may an awesome reward at 10, but at 16, he's going to want something as 'wow' as that), he's not only going to be bitter about the reward, but may think school isn't worth it if he's not getting the rewards he use to. But the worst thing is like i said... you may take away the pleasure of school itself from him, and he'll associate it with a physical reward.
 
Going from an A- to an A can't be much more than a 7% increase. It also depends on the subjects.

Originally posted by: HombrePequeno
I wouldn't call getting nearly straight A's in an accelerated school mediocrity.
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wtf is an "accelerated" school? Sounds kind of PC to me.
 
what's the point of bragging? just go spoil your son. I am glad that my parents didn't spoil me. I am disciplined.
 
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