| momof1-- I agree that the "let them fall on their face" is best done EARLY in the school process.
S was bored to tears in public school. Transferred (at his request) to very college prep private school beginning in 4th grade. He got there and started to realize he was also at the top there. SO, he "forgot" to do homework starting the 3rd or 4th week of class.
School had a rule (which S had apparantly never read or thought surely didn't apply to HIM). The rule was that after 3 no homeworks in any 6 weeks, Sat. detention for each one not turned in, including the first 3!
Smart guy rotated which class he "forgot" the homework in. The result was by the time the homeroom teacher got the reports of no homework from the other teachers, Son had amassed 8 missed homework assignments. Yep, 8 Sat. at school in a row serving detention. HE never forgot another homework.
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