Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Parents who make excuses Mr. Bailey has a student who is unmotivated and never completes his assignments. He has contacted the parent through phone calls and emails; however, every time he interacts with the parent, she makes excuses for him not completing his work such as, "Well, he didn't complete that assignment because I had to work late" or "I had the same problem with his brother." What should Mr. Bailey do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The person doing the work is the person doing the learning. Let the parent know that is is super important that they help the student build a routine around doing homework, then if they are working late, or whatever, hopefully the routines are in place and the work will get done. It would not hurt for the parent to check in and ask in the morning about the work and look it over.