""Currently struggling with a kid who has no desire to do well in school and doesn't care they fail," the parent wrote. "Shows no desire to get to school on time. It's impossible for them to get their schoolwork done on their own and do not take initiative until I have to intervene. Doing this daily is becoming impractical (the days I don't intervene - nothing gets done) and I am hoping for the day they have the sense of urgency to take ownership.""
""He ended up dropping out at 17 and later going back for his GED around 19. He struggled hanging around the wrong people but still had family support. Now 10 years later he went from working a trade to now being an expert in it and makes more money than my siblings and I that went to college. He's the one we thought would fail but he's doing better than all of us.""
A concerned parent described a child with no desire to do well in school, chronic lateness, inability to complete schoolwork independently, and repeated parental intervention. Daily supervision became impractical because nothing gets done on days without intervention. The child expressed they hate school and do not care about anything, and the parent doubted a turnaround. Several respondents shared hopeful outcomes from similar situations. One account described a teenager who dropped out at 17, later earned a GED around 19, learned a trade, became an expert, and now earns more than college-educated siblings. Persistent family support and acceptance of alternative paths helped that child thrive.
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