It's 99% the parents' fault. I seen the same thing with my son. When he was living with his mother he didn't give a shit about school or grades or homework. She was too busy dragging him around to hockey rinks every weekend. What an absolutely horrible lifestyle, being a rink rat.
As soon as he moved in with me and I made him pay attention to schoolwork and actually helped him with it, his grades improved dramatically. This week he is graduating from college and is accepting the academic leadership award. If it was left to his mother he'd be making brake lines beside her in the local factory for $16.50 an hour.
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