My 7 year old son is a very intelligent child. but he is very headstrong and does not listen at all.

my son is a very creative child. he plays the keyboard very well and has already performed publicly on 3/4 occasions. he loves gardening and loves to draw. he has a very creative mind and draws loads of views of home interior, going in to so much detail. he used to get good grades till preschool and early grade 1. now he is about to end grade 2 but in every exam he gets worse grades than last time,but does not seem to worry about it. my wife and i are highly concerned, as are his class teachers and principle. we have tried to make him realize the importance of studies but he doesnt seem to care. he is more interested in watching his fav tv shows and in his other interests. as for myself, i am myself an architect as well as a musician (hobby), but always got A+ grades and medals throughout. overall, my kid is a very lively child and loves to play and make noise. i hope i have said enough. i am too worried. plz advise.

My 7 year old son is a very intelligent child. but he is very headstrong and does not listen at all. watto do?plays

hi youre 7year old sounds amazing ,but you seem so stressed ,.......relax youre son will get those grades when he is ready to start his childhood only lasts a short time and being an adult well thats a long road ,enjoy youre son ,listen to youre son and how he views the world ,youll be amazed and the laughter that youll experience will be priceless,im sure both you and youre wife are great parents and i hope i havent offended good luck

My 7 year old son is a very intelligent child. but he is very headstrong and does not listen at all. watto do?opera ticket opera theater

Oh WOW. Glad I am NOT the only parent whos got this type of trouble.

Honestly I dont know what to tell you. WE are current dealing with 2 of our children - daughter 14 %26amp; son 11. OUR 6 yr old is doing WELL. With the same exact problems. They are SMART but dont want to do the work in school.

We have taken away the TV at times %26amp; the PlayStation2. But to know avail. WE are hoping that it will work out %26amp; soon.

Our 11 yr old just finished serving 5 days of after school detention %26amp; 2 days on In school suspension. He did tell his father "He wasnt going to do that again!". Lets see how long this will last!

Unfortunately NONE of our older childrens teachers NOR the principal have an interest in contacting my husband or I about the F's on their report cards. NONE have made ANY attempt to involve US the parents with these matters. I am just WAITING this out. Seeing if things will work out all on their own.
If he is left handed...force him to do more work using his right hand...
First of all I would like to point out that you have given your child undue importance, as you feel that they perform better than we used to. This is a general phenomenon amongst us. But in general, our next generation is very intelligent as they have lots of ways in which information and knowledge flows into them. At a similar age we did not find media as powerful as it is now. New technologies, new fashion, new adventures, new games, etc... Its a action packed world out here now. This in turn makes our children over confident. They find activities other than studies to be interesting, not because they don't have the ability, but because they think that they can cover up the back logs anytime they want. So, always rate them comparing them with children of his/her own age group. They need to know where they stand, or else when they find that they are way lagging behind, which they cannot cope up, they will make you responsible for that.

Secondly, don't even make them feel that they are nothing. This will break their strength that will be necessary when they slowly grow up.

Frequently visit plants with labourers, and show them that if they don't study they will have to work hard in future.

Make a rare visit to places of white collar job, to make them feel that they are only fe of them, and explain the advantages of doing a white collar job. Give them dreams high, but make them sure that they can be achieved.

Frequently have discussions with them to show them the reality. "God has given us a linear curve in our life. If you lose your good time now, you have to face your bad time sometime afterwards."

-------------------AVERAGE LIFE(GOOD+BAD)

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Introduce ethics.....Ask them how they feel the discovery of electricity.....and how they feel about mobile phones....they will say, mobile phones are the best invention, you belong to the age of land lines so you feel for elctricity. We feel for computers. Give him a choice of a family party and going to disco, he will choose the disco. Actually, they need to be told which one is the right. This is the duty of the parents. By hooks or by crooks. Be strict when needed, because once the time is gone........its gone......

there is no turning back.

BEST OF UR LUCK!
it's very interesting why did he lose interest for studying? maybe it's a fault of his teacher? I'm a teacher and i have been studying pedagogy and child's psychology a lot. i also have children of my own. it's very strange that he liked to study before and now he just lost interest in it.

usually this small kids like to study. try to talk with him about school stuff. like when u re telling him bed stories or walking with him, be casual. there's smth wrong happened.

i wish u a good luck hope his desire to study returns. but please don't let it go. it is normal for teens to lose interest for studying and they might go well in life later, but your son is too small for that. and also pay attention whether he has friends. and whether someone is bullying him at school maybe?