text: my teenager wont even try in school. i cant go with her and make her so what do i do? my daughter is 14 and this is her 2nd year in 8th grade. she does really well the first 9 weeks then she just wont even try. this is causing real problems because her attitude is getting worse also. she dosent hang out with friends after school so i cant ground her from that. shes not depressed because she is always laughing and has a really good personality other than the school issue. but it affects our realtionship and the realtionship that she has with the rest of the family because she wants us to just overlook the school issue, and i wont do that. she just dosent want to buckle down and do the work. sounds like your typical 14 yr old. they get that age and know it all. this is not always a bad thing. she is rebelling. try some reverse psychology on her. try acting like you dont care either. plus, when she acts like this she is getting lots of attention from everyone telling her she should do it. have everyone stop doing this and act as if they dont care if she goes or not. have them talk with her about other aspects of her life. this will take the focus off of this and she will be more willing to go.  good luck