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Scenario

How to handle academic resistance in middle school

My twelve-year-old hasn't done homework in two weeks and just sits in his room playing video games and I don't know if I should take everything away or try to understand what's wrong.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent faces the tension between immediate consequences and deeper investigation when a child's behavior signals possible underlying struggles.

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