As a parent of teenagers

[madrun]

I wrote this as a comment on someone else's journal, and want to keep it for my own record, so I'm posting it here.

Is it possible that she is putting effort into something you do not see?
I am asking because what you are saying here is basically what my parents said to ME as a teenager. I got below-average grades and made the barest effort at

Comments

[bunnyjadwiga]

Thanks for the suggestion. I am going to try to believe it of our child too.

[jonaskaite]

I needed to hear this today. Thank you.

[thewronghands]

This is an enlightening window into a world I've never lived in on either end; thanks for writing it and broadening my perspective and empathy.