Teen skipping school how can i help that?

Question

Offer incentives - that they can earn for not skipping school...., this was one answer. What incentives? I need good ones? For my daughter i need a really good answer to keep her in school

Answer 1

umm well if she wont listen to you theres nothing you can do but tell the school .     my friends mom had to do that for my friend once.. and they like made sure she didn't get out of the building.  

Answer 2

Well, a good way to keep them in school is to talk to them. You might need a serious talk with your daughter. But, if she's still having hard time there is a program in school where the students have to go to all their classes and get signatures from the teachers at the end of the class and get that checked by the office at the end of the day. There are punishments for not getting the signatures.

Goodluck.

Answer 3

sounds like the child is "a little out of control" and you better nip it now before it's to late.

I don't know if its a law where you live but here in MI, a parent can go to jail if a child misses to much school, so...... my sister ended up getting her a "truant" officer which meets the boy in this case at the school office in the morning and is with the child all day in school. It only took my nephew about 2 months to figure out that he had no choice, was tired of the embarrassment and promised that he would not skip a day, or even one class and it worked.

Answer 4

when i did that the school called the police and charged me for it so do that for her and shell stop

Answer 5

how about a cruise for you and her?

Answer 6

Either explain to her that she needs an education to get anywhere in life, or threaten to kick her out/not support her after she reaches 18. She's probably expecting everything to be provided for her and not thinking about her future. Time to be a little hard, and not reward her for going to school.

Answer 7

if she keeps in school for a week then something  she likes -  Cd's, makeup, take her out for a meal - you know her better so what ever she's in to,

don't punish her too hard for skipping but praise her when she goes in

also find out why she's skipping if you haven't already, could be an issue like bullying or struggling with work etc. if this is the case then talk to the school.

i'm a teen girl myself so i understand.

let me know how it goes

:)

Answer 8

well my parents bought me a car and told me i cant drive unless i go to school and get great grades but if she keeps it up look into job corps they help im attinding clearfield and got my ged and highschool and now working on cable tech

Answer 9

Take her down to the crime ridden core area of your city and show her what her future will be if she doesn't get good marks. Show her the real side of poverty.

Maybe lock her out of the house for a night and let her get a dose of reality.

Also you could drive her through the best area of town and show her how smart people live.

Answer 10

she should be grounded!!

Answer 11

She can skip school and you wouldnt even know it.  

Answer 12

I use to skip.  Now I'm 32 and when I think about it..if my mom had been more involved in my school, checking my homework each day, communicating with my teacher everyday, even going to my school and making sure I was there...that would have helped.  My mom worked and my dad wasn't there, so I pretty much had the capability to goof off and I knew the punishment wouldn't be that bad.  Of course, I regret it now and wish I had been more studious, but I did what I could get away with.  I don't think just offering an incentive would have worked.  Of course, if my mom had said..you go to school everyday, I'll buy you new clothes every Saturday, maybe that would have worked :)

Answer 13

You need to show her how important school is in a way that she sees it as beneficial.  Focus on the positive aspects instead of "if you don't go to school and get good grades you won't get to college".  That just makes it seem all the harder.  Ask her what she wants to do in life and tell her what will help her get there.  If it turns into a defensive situation, tell her a change isn't going to be easy but let her know that it will get better and you will be by her side all the way, even through college.  Ask her what is making her want to skip school.  Ask yourself what might cause her to skip school.  Is she angry or hurting about something?  Is she trying to get your attention?  Or is it just the thrill of breaking rules?  Maybe she's not sure the exact reason she does it.  Maybe she's bored with school or something else in her life.  Help her have a positive outlook on the future and show her it's ok to want to do well.  Most importantly, be there for her as a friend and a parent.  Incentives may just turn into bribes, which wouldn't be good.  Maybe when her report card comes in and she has less absences, take her out to dinner or just go do something fun of her choice together.

Answer 14

tell her collage is getting harder and harder to get into and they look at attendance records and if she wants money later in life she has to go to school and some schools will keep an eye on your child to make sure shes in school and u just call if she will be absent

Answer 15

let her skip school who cares I skiped once and I'm fine! its not going to kill her  

Answer 16

You need to explain that in this day in age she needs to do well in school so she can eventually go to college and have a decent life. Otherwise she'll have to work a job she hates for little money. Make her think about her future. She needs more self worth. She needs to view herself as something to nurture and evolve. She needs to take control of her own life. Not just be a cork floating in the ocean, victim to the tides. Because if she doesn't take control of her life. Some one else will. Like the cops, drugs or an abusive boyfriend.  

Answer 17

This is what my parents did when my sister was skipping, and later dropped out. They put her to work in a factory and told her this is the kind of place she will be working at without a high school education. She went back to school and graduated as one fo the best students : ) It's a little harsh, but it works.