Today I have a meeting with #2's teacher regarding his work, or lack thereof, in school. If necessary I will have to do with him like I am doing with #3 and physically pick him up from school each day, collecting his assignments myself.
While some would argue that this is not teaching him responsibility, I don't necessarily agree. He is not being responsible now, because he simply does not care how he does in school. If he doesn't care, he won't take ownership of his requirements. So, I'm stepping in to show him that we won't let him get away with this. With luck, he will discover that all this work he has been avoiding is actually no big deal, and he will learn to take the responsibility on himself. If nothing else, maybe the embarrassment of having his Mom come to his class every day will be incentive for him to start doing it himself.
In addition to the kids grades, Hubby and I have been stressing over his work situation. It seems the people that push the papers have been sitting down on the job and his pay, housing and medical coverage is up in the air again. I hate this. It happens every time. The people that are in charge of these things have NEVER gotten everything done right the first time since Hubby has had to work with them. Unfortunately I am not exaggerating. In the state we live in, his branch of the military has a personnel department that is so unorganized and mismanaged that this happens to a large percentage of the Guardsmen. You would think that people who volunteer to defend the Country would be treated a bit better. Last year it took from November until the middle of March for them to get everything straightened out. I am praying that it takes less time this go around.