So your Middle schooler isn't doing their homework?

So your Middle schooler isn't doing their homework?  What do you do? 

Report card came home yesterday.  My middle youngin, my tomboy, who would rather be running outside then sitting inside doing homework any day, got an F and a D on her report card. Both of the teachers that assigned those grades said that she's just not doing the work.  Well my husband and I hadn't decided what we're going to do about the situation.  So we let it go last night and decided to take a couple days to think about our game plan. Then I get an email from one teacher and then this afternoon a call from another. She didn't turn in her homework again.  What am going to do with her?

So it goes without saying that she's grounded. No phone or computer privileges and she won't be going anywhere or doing anything fun with friends for the next 6 weeks until she brings up her grades.  But will that be enough to get her to shape up and do the work that is required of her?  I just don't know.

What would you do?