Dear Lady. Ann:
I am a mompreneur, or whatever it is called nowadays. I work from home and my husband works two jobs. We have three children, a 14-year-old teenager, a 12-year-old daughter, and a 9-year-old son. All three children are from my husband and I. Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs on earth. My three kids have very strong personalities and they are very stubborn. I keep repeating the same instructions over and over again.
My biggest problem is their education. I try to balance it out; meaning make them do their homework but also award them with free time. But their grades are getting worse and their teachers keep sending notes about how they need to study more or how one of them did something stupid at school. Whenever I ask my kids if they had any homework, they either say no or tell me the deadlines are still far away. But then I find out they lied to me just because they wanted to be on their phones. My 14-year-old is the toughest for me. And because of her, the other two are beginning to take after her. She thinks she’s pretty smart and tries to play on my intelligence. I keep trying not to get locked up from beating the shit out of her.
My husband is hardly home, hence why I am left with all the parenting work. He gets really pissed when he finds out about their grades. One time he actually accused me of not being competent enough to handle all three of them. Thing is, whenever he is home, they always get their shit together. They respond well to his instructions than they do to mine. I’m just sick of it all and I feel like I’m failing my husband and my kids. I just needed to vent and maybe get helpful tips on how to handle my children.
-Failing Mother
#DLATribe, how can she get her kids to start acting right and getting good grades?