http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/323731/First-grade-son-not-doing-as-well-as-he-should-in-school My son is 7 and in the first grade and he was doing so well in school for the first 2 months. Now it has completely down falled. The only thing that he cares about is tv, and his video games. I have restricted his game to him only playing on Sat and a little on Sunday. I have restricted his tv time to one hour on weekdays. I find that he does well on his homework, but school work where he works alone he doesn't do so well. He is a pretty good reader, but he doesn't seem to comprehend what he has read. If I read to he he can tell me what happens in the stories. His teacher has pointed out that he is using uppercase letters in his writing where he should he using lower cases. She and I have told him several times not to do this and we try to get him to work on his handwriting. I just don't know what to do. I am going to call around and look for free or low cost tutoring for him. I fell he has the " I don't care attitude". Any advice will be great. Thanks! GreatSchools en-us Lovliqueen Thanks for the advice Healthy11. I have never thought about those things and I am going to get him tested for those disorders. I work with some teachers and maybe ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/323731/First-grade-son-not-doing-as-well-as-he-should-in-school?cpage=1#comment_323877 5100.323877 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:39:11 -0800 healthy11 Hi. I'm also in the Chicago area, but in the suburbs.I have a son (now a teen) who sounds a lot like your son when he was younger... I'll be ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/323731/First-grade-son-not-doing-as-well-as-he-should-in-school?cpage=1#comment_323789 5100.323789 Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:41:52 -0800