Parenting Challenges: The Impact of Words on Children

Parents should avoid calling their children "dumb" and instead seek to understand the underlying issues affecting their performance.

### Prank Gone Wrong: The Impact of Words on Children's Self-Esteem
* 🎭 The video begins with a lighthearted discussion about a prank involving a **fake report card aimed at Grandma**, following a previous prank on **London and the wife**.
* 😱 As the prank unfolds, tensions rise when the report card reveals failing grades, prompting a heated conversation about the **implications of calling children "dumb"** and the **importance of understanding underlying issues**.
* 👩 The discussion highlights how grades can be affected by various factors such as **bullying or personal struggles**, rather than solely intelligence, emphasizing the need for parents to **dig deeper into their children's challenges**.
* 📉 The conversation escalates as family members express frustration over the grades, with one stating, "**If you get a lot of F's, you can't be smart**," showcasing the harsh realities some children face.
* 🤔 The importance of communication and support is stressed, with one family member suggesting that instead of **name-calling**, parents should **ask children about their struggles** to foster a more supportive environment.
* 💪 The dialogue shifts to the idea that **resilience and ambition** are more indicative of a child's potential than grades, as one member reflects on their own academic struggles and the importance of **perseverance**.
* 📚 The video concludes with a reminder that **words matter** and that parents should approach their children's education with **empathy and understanding**, encouraging them to **believe in their intelligence and capabilities**.
* ❤ Ultimately, the family emphasizes the value of **open communication, support**, and the need to **avoid labels that can damage a child's self-esteem**, leaving viewers with a **powerful message about parenting**.

why are you getting UPS? We having problems in school. Yeah, she's dumb. I me crystal. [Music] Jesus, if you down, I could take you on the P. If you down, I might put a ass on SS. If you down, maybe we could break the rules. If you down, just let me know. Yeah, if you love feel so when I'm like baby when I you pick me up like you bless me with all your love. I can't hold up, can never go down, all the way up from there. That's what I want. If they try to put you down, I sure they never. What's up family, welcome back to another video. Welcome back to another video guys and guys we're back with part two of this prank. You guys watch part one where I pranked London and I pranked my beautiful wife when with a fake report card. So we have another fake report card right, the same one, but this is another print of it. So now we about to do this prank on Grandma. How do you guys feel about it? I got yesterday though, I think.

It's a great idea, and um, we haven't pranked my mom in a long time, so this is going to be great. All right, so what we're going to do is prank to make her get really upset because Grandma, Grandma's Grandma, they all like even kids, F. They don't really care. They're be like friendly to the kid and loving, so we have to do something to get her upset. Yeah, got me upset. I know I could call her dumb guy. Listen, I'm going to get on Grandma's skin in this prank, London, allo prank, all the fs and stuff like this. I got to like block it up 'cause I don't want to show you guys London's cool and stuff like that and her teacher name, but um, for now, stay tuned. Grandma is here right now. She's somewhere upstairs. I'm about to had a camera and the L. You going to do the same thing? Come with no. She got to do different her already. Yeah, you. Yeah, you can start off like that. So if you haven't watched part one, go watch it right.

now it's video then come back it's the video before this one and then come back thank you l but guys stay tuned we love y see yall soon peace out all right to I'm try she let go 3 two so get old F I'm try are you [Music] serious I tried BR you got all F on all your classes let me see I tried my horse I couldn't like control not an art F I don't have good drawing skills you don't need a drawing skills to get to literally wait PE physical education this ridiculous London I see this is ridiculous this is ridiculous I'm not very atic you why why do you have an excuse for everything why don't I hear like I'm going to try you just like want to be dumb but you say you always want to hear I'm trying my hardest so your hardest is a f i try how did you try if you keep saying you can't do this you can't do that but you can do all of it

and all classes your hardest that you try is basically only one class you did good is history. I'm so sick of it, London. I'm seriously sick of it, sick of it, swear I'm sick of it. Like even science, science, science hard. Like how is science hard if that's your favorite subject? Like all these dumb excuses. It's not my favorite subject, London. If you talk back again, I swear to God, I'm going to lose it. But I'm not. So from now on, what's going to happen? No phone, no iPad, no snack, no free time. And I'm going to tell Grandma right now. What do you mean? It doesn't make sense. Where's Grandma at? It's order for me to think. I can't stud. I come here free time. What do you mean free time? How do you want free time if you're not earning free time? I should so no, no. Don't give her no candy. Don't give her no popcorn that you brought here. None of that. Come, come look at this. Come

here, look at this. What did you, what happened? This is a report card. I'm so tired of this, and you got to go take a walk. But she's not going dumb, yo. Chill, relax, relax. You don't got to call her dumb. Why are you getting upset? We having problems in school. Yeah, 'cause she's dumb. I mean, Crystal, Jesus, Lanna, chill. What does, you don't got to call her dumb. You want me to call her shame, you D? She, wait a minute, wait a minute, guys, give me, give me the thing, you know. Back ring has to do with a lot of things, not intelligence and dumb. Like what? Like she could be bullied in school. She could be going through in school. When you going to school, she's not. I know she ain't got a boyfriend, 'cause that drops your grades very quickly. And you don't got to call her dumb, really. You don't got to look at the report. Report said it all. She was dumb. Damn, Shane, I'm so surprised. I let's be raw, let's be raw and real. Why we being fake through these

kids like they don't know what what's up you get a lot of f in in your report card that you con to be dumb who that doesn't mean you're dumb Shane that's hard like Shane you need to one I'm surprised cuz you really don't even curse at these kids VI screams at them you'll be saying to calm down no I'm speaking call dumb dumb stupid idiot all those words are not going all that's all that what that means that she's being an idiot that's why there's something behind it she's a straight A student something is off what's off kid I don't understand anything that's just that's not done why are you not understanding where's your brain at in school now we're not going to call them where is your brain in school f is this is unacceptable Let me ask a question what's the opposite of them smart and when a kid get a you call him smart right right So when a kid get F what you call he has a problem you

know there's no problem why you want to beat her on the bush. All right, Shane, imagine a teacher. You're a stupid kid, you're a dumbass, and you're stupid. You can't do that because the teacher there to be fake. I'm a parent, I'm going to be real to my kids, Shane. I used to do it with my daughters, and my daughter taught she smart. Look at her, she yeah, no, my daughter taught what I used to say wasn't the right way. I was stupid. I want to use the word on myself. I was ignorant, not stupid or dumb because I took care of my girls, but I was real ignorant. I'm not saying that you're going to pray, oh my God, L, and give her anything because you're punish for me. Don't ask me for no bracelets. You don't ask me for crap, all right, because I don't want to CR. You don't ask me for nothing. You're punished. You shouldn't get these gra. This is unacceptable, but you don't got a word to rub dumb and

stupid and idiot, and she's not smart enough because if she's having problems, you just took away all her self-esteem. So, you got to chill with that. You got to chill. I did it with my girls. I was too tough, and your girls are smart. Both of them doesn't matter, Shane. I did a lot of mistakes. I was young. I was ignorant. If y never did that, if y never did that, they grow up to be dumb. No, they smart, right? You did that. Oh my, you don't got to use the word Dum. My daughter told me everybody's off the subject. The point is the kid is dumb for failing all time, and there you go again. It's not off the subject. We're talking about the word dumb, dumb, stupid, idiot. You don't got to rub that in a kid's face, all right? Let's not call her stupid. No stupid, no dumb, no dumb. Don't call it D, all right? How the hell you get a f, and I see you could talk to her. How did you get an F in art? I'm not

going to say it dumb cuz I'm sure she could draw. It's just doesn't bounce off right. I'm trying to learn my grandkids. I keep my mistakes. Art is not just about join. It's about being creative. L is very creative. Exactly. So she's not dumb. It's a point that you see the word you're using. No, listen to me though. It's the point that you cannot say say we as parent our family. We're going to say our kids are smart because they're doing little stick man stuff when it come to the real world where they Compu other student. You got to pop up with your talent. I pop with your creativity. Show me your creative then. So if you can't do that on a report card when you come on a student in your class. Look at this but I'm just ch. You are a stay student ASM. Be why would you f f on Art gym like you don't even know how to run. Like what are you doing. Where is your brain at in school. I

know you don't have a little boyfriend, and you're not hanging out with girls. No, 'cause that's where the grades drop, girlfriend. What was your boyfriend when you have friends and a lot of boyfriends? You go, and you're not concentrating 'cause you're having fun, talking, and doing crap in school. So, that doesn't mean she's dumb, but that's something off. Something is off. I don't like this. That's what happened to you. You got a boyfriend and girl drama. I got a boyfriend, I got pregnant, and I dropped out of school. You want the realness? That's real. I'm asking 'cause you saying that's what happened. I'm not saying that's what happened. She could be bullied. She could be having somebody picking. Not even a bully, just one person messing with her. Something. Bring down these grades all because she's dumb. You look for all these excuses. Wow, I can't. I'm not going to argue with you guys. I'm not doing it. I'm not debating. She's not dumb. She's smart.

She's a straight-A student. Something is off. Why don't you look at it another way? That's like me saying I'm the fastest man or the most talented woman in the world, but when I go compete with them, I come in last. I compete all the way back. You did something; you didn't practice, you didn't study, you didn't put your best effort in. So why am I going to call you dumb? Oh, she's dumb 'cause she couldn't run well. I'm going to brag and say I'm the fastest in the world. You guys brag and say she's smart, but she's not proving it on paper when she needs to prove it. I never seen. Let me, you guys say she's smart. Stop saying she's smart. That's the thing though, because we are family, we lie and fake everything. I don't fake anything smart. No, I don't fake. That's why I'm always in trouble. Anything I do in social media, my mouth is wrong. Look at this. Why you saying 'cause my... I'm trying to do it different. I

don't want to be that same mother and that same attitude when I was 21. I don't want to do that. You're shouting. You start with that. You're deciel. Let's talk professional to her. Let's them to her level. Help me here. I we need help. L need help. I need help. Why are you getting an F deel high again. Lower. You want to change, right? Let's work together here as a family. She I don't. I want to change. So I don't want to call her D. No call her D. I'm going to what I see on a report card. So let's help each other, family. Let's ask on what's going on. Why are you getting an F? It's just that simple. Why are you getting? You had A's and B's in your last report card. Why are you getting an? There's no excuses, London. Don't come with excuses with me. I won't call you dumb, but I'm not going to beat around the bush either. What are you doing? You're doing something wrong, and I'm very

disappointed, and then I'm disappointed that got ganging up on her instead of just taking away her phone, taking away the TV, and taking away good, 'cause that's what she deserves. Sorry, she should be punished. Can't, I can't agree otherwise. I don't think she should be punished. She should be punished absolutely if she needs to put her head. Look, though, you said that she probably getting a boyfriend, being bullied, or is she getting bullied. Then we need to get to the bottom of it. Yeah, that mean she don't need to get punished. Maybe she getting bullied. We, that's why you have to ask her. We need to dig deeper to find screaming dumb. No, she's dumb. It's okay. I don't have to screaming. I whisper. I whisper L. You're dumb. Stop saying it's okay. I have to shout it. I can whisper. It's okay. Just a word. D-U-M-B. You know there no, that's a same scientific. It's just a word. Don't think it PR, but the scientifically proven. I

got to say this scientifically proven. People that scream and people that whisper. People that scream are more honest and truthful than the whispering quiet one. That's what you got to be careful for. I'm sorry that I scream and my decimal with your shadiness went up. That's about but you don't have to call her dumb. No but what am I saying. Reason why we use the word dumb because opposite of smart. If a kid is not be smart you're going to be be the opposite which is slacking. How you like that and that's a synm you can use. Yes that's a synonym but yes I want to use the word dumb but it's so you take it word but don't take it out context like she's being a stupid. She's not being a stupid. She's not shees not FOC. She not she's not FOC talking to me. Come here come it was about her. Why are you looking and calling me D yo that pissed me off y'all for

real and you. I don't know, buddy. You're laughing. You any even be laughing. I'm not. I'm not going you though. No, but you talk. That's you like I give you a disor. You want to get a lot of definition for them. I give you a bunch of aank. What you mean is a not not that. Don't you dare snatch anything if you RI. That I don't care if it's a prank. I don't care. Put it in my hand. I don't care. Put it in my hand. Jesus, this went from hell. Oh my God. N, I don't believe you. And you, you better not bring no damn ass. I won call you Dum, but girl, that's a five-finger whacker. Don't play with the damn Graves serious. I know. Thank you for being H it. But listen, you, you're horrible. I'm like now he's ganging up on me. I'm done with y'all. I think Mom think y. That was definitely. And then he's so shady. You got to bring your Tong.

down like that's dumb. I wanted to hit him. Scarlet's with the caterpillar. This prank went left real quick, man. Grand, I just stood quiet 'cause it was entertaining. Guys, I'm sorry, but Grandma, I am who I am. Guys, I know you guys want me to be like, like totally proper and it's so cool, but that's not who my character is. But I would not call my grandchildren dumb, stupid. I was used slack, and if your kids get F sometimes, look between the lines. Not every gray has to do with your intelligent GRS, have to do with a lot of other things. You don't, it's about your focus, even be a teacher. You don't know, you don't know, man. These kids go to the gym room, the locker room. You don't know what happens behind them. There's no cameras in the hall. I believe there should be a camera locker rooms everywhere up in the school 'cause these kids are crazy, you know? All right, slacky, silly, and nuts. M, if I was only popping your bubbles, I was just

going really trying to get that's the loud guys. I'm that's a bell, that's a bill, that's noise, my loudness, my vocal, that's who I am. I was really popping M bubbles in this one. We're open here. I'm a very open mother. I never spoke to my daughter. Oh man, can touch a little flower. Uh-uh, we went down to scientific words, that the dictionary. We need to speak to our kids a little more forward and be honest 'cause it's a lot, you know. We cannot protect them always. We cannot shelter them no matter how hard we try. They're going to fall in love with who they're going to fall in love with. They're going to do whatever they're going to do in school. They're going to come class. They're going to do all silly thing 'cause that's what teenagers do. So you got to have an open eye, be alert. If Grace drop, guys, if your kids always had a 98% of the time, is something off. If they're straight A student either.

they're on drugs, pills. They go right into your cabinets, honey. Remember, children don't got to go to a drug. There's no drug dealers on the corner. Drug dealers are doctors. You go into a cabinet, and the kids could pick anything out of there and get high, even from um n. No, it's the truth. And a lot of times, these kids that drop grades because they're either doing drugs, they're smoking, they're doing something silly, they're distracted, you know. And they're distracted 'cause if you're a straight-A student, you're not going to go to an. It's impossible. So, that means there's something off. Be alert. Listen, let me tell you crazy. I love it. I love it, Ma. We got you perfect. You know, no. Yeah, you got me. We got m in the billing, guys. I remember my first class. I got to see in college, and guess what? I got to see. I was going to a heartbreak with my wife. Stop of my wife. There's always a reason 'cause of a woman, and it was my woman. Look

at that N. I was going to do some at time man was going through it so I was distracted from physics tast. He was doing biology. That was physics though my ass. I had to do it over and I get a a but L. How do you feel I I know you're smart girl and you maintain your gra. I'm proud of you. I want to say this and I'm happy that you're keeping up with your gra. This tast and this is all a prank. You're not dumb. You're not dumbb. It's a prank you noce and continue to do so. Tell yourself I am smart. I beautiful. She's going to be. She said she's going to go ahead. Let me hear you tell yourself I am smart. I am beautiful. I am intelligent. Go M. Go ahead. Intelligent are the same thing. That's fine. I am smart. I am smart. I am smart. I am beautiful. Confident girl. What and ready. We're going to do it properly. Look at the camera. I am smart. I am beautiful. Beautiful and I am.

intelligent and I can overcome anything hard. That's right 'cause they carry this DNA. They overturn the camera and I can overcome anything that's hard. And I can overcome anything that's hard. And I can overcome anything that's. That's right the right support. You got this and I'm here for you. Mom's here for you. Grandma's here for you. Got granddad. Grand, you got grandma all over the world. You got your brave little sister Scarlet. Let me you anybody up for you honestly. I can give you like f don't make you smart or DB so don't take 'cause I got. I got a few F. I got F in Spanish. Yeah and I still don't know Spanish. Look you married a Spanish woman. You see you didn't learn. I got e in Spanish in high school guys but um I guess it was meant for me to learn Spanish you know. But being around my lot I learned a lot and my wife I learned a lot of words in Spanish. I feel like if my wife speak yeah I feel like my wife speak fluent in Spanish. I

would have been learn it, but guys hope you guys enjoy prank. It was a good one. I got my wife with it yesterday, and it's on right that get Grandma the same prank. So guys want to like, share, subscribe, and see you guys in the next video. Peace. And please don't call your children dumb. I know you get frustrated if the grades drop. Look between the find out why. There's a reason the lines right babe. You think there is no talk to like parents. What do you think? I don't know australi student from. I think you should ask your child, Are you dumb? versus calling dumb because sometimes it's like they reflect and be like, Did I do that? Yeah, right. Like you catch a kid, let's just say playing with fire, like Are you dumb? They'll sit back and be like, Let me think about this. Maybe I am. I was just about to burn the house down. Even though we shouldn't use those words, but try to try to like, if you can't help it, try to like let them

reflect on themselves by asking the question like do you do you want like if if they if they want to drop out of high school you have a teenager ask them do you want to be nothing in life what what's your plans I don't know there's a lot of ways of parenting we just never going to understand our kids because no matter how much raised up they have their own mind and their own way of being and they grow up to be who they want to be so don't blame yourself for it try to be the best parenting you can I would say don't call your kids names they end up growing up call us names so who knows how the table's turn but just try your best absolutely I agree with you 100% bab my god listen you see this gr thing right here the F school just prepare you student that get A's and stuff it justes show the kids that could memorize stuff cuz it's really about memorizing the chapters memorizing notes and stuff like

that and the first kid to memorize it and know it get understanding is the best who could focus so school really test your focus and your memorization skz you can focus and can't memorize nothing after you leave class so right now even I finish school my baby finished school I don't remember most of the stuff I learned in school but yeah but I bet if we go back to school who will pick it up faster you or me but that's what I'm saying that doesn't mean I'm better than you just my memory you know what I'm saying so the fact that I didn't till you go to school for no the fact is you it's just like to me if you have the better memory the fact better you're consider to be better right right it doesn't mean though I can't become a billion exactly you go to school to get a good job right so if I feel like to drop out of school say I I get good grades you don't right and you drop out of school at nth grade and you

figured how to become a business person and know you have me that got a master's degree working for you. You're better than me 'cause the aim for going to school is to get a good job or live a good life, right? But that's what I'm saying. I mean, like, you can't really define someone's intelligence to me. The only intelligence you can define is someone's ambition and their consistency. To me, that's a talent, right? Because everybody gives up, right? Persistent, persistent, right? So, everybody gets tired. It's so easy to quit, right? It's so easy to be like, You know what? This isn't for me. And it's just so hard to actually make it. But when you see someone who's very consistent, persistent, who doesn't give up, who has a vision, I feel like that's a certain talent. That's why I guess it's only that 1% who is rich, and then they separate people from rich to average.

know because he or she had that certain drive that not everybody has, you know, and it. I really don't think it determines, um, if you could J never graduated millionaire. I don't think it determines if you could solve a math problem to call me smart or dumb. That's about Dum. It doesn't to. That's what I was trying to say. That D doesn't define you, you know. I, you know, guys, you know, I grew up the way I grew up. It is what it is, you know. I come from where I come from. So, we use the word stupid a lot, and I never realized that could damage a kid, man. That could hurt a child's self-esteem. Yeah, but you got to be rough and smack. Yes, you can, but you can't raise a kid too soft that everything you take personal and everything you want to. All right, let me put a perfect example. You cannot raise a kid, and they come in last place. Yeah, you got a ribbon for last place. No, no, we're not raing.

that but also like what you get what I'm saying yeah I get what you saying you got to let a child know if you're going to talk right now if you're going to do wait wait let me finish if you're going to succeed you have to be sure if you're going to run that race you just don't get up and run you got to practice and and and you know you got to work out for it and the harder you work the better you're going to do the better you're going to know the track the faster you're going to run you know what that corner you're going to come down low to take get short and come out whyde it's just science you know and the more you apply yeah yeah anything practice is good but I agree with what Shane said like it's a to be honest the name calling it's okay brothers and sisters are going to call that I like yeah you shouldn't do it but what happens if if you you become older you become a woman

or you in school and these kids are calling you dumb. What are you going to do? Cry? You can't raise over a kid like that. What happens? You got to teach them it's wrong, right? So that way when they're in a relationship, they're like, Yo, this guy is calling me dumb. That's a level of abuse. I shouldn't be treated like this in my relationship. You know, it should be eye-opening. But for people to call a kid dumb and they just want to give up, you got to make your kid a lot more stronger than that. You can't let them any little thing another kid say bring them down and want to fight and want to be angry and aggressive because now you're not teaching them how to use their words and their brain to soothe. You know, we realize, you know, us parents could only do but so much, give our children the tools, but once they leave the home, you got to teach a kid how to survive. Absolutely. You know, and I'm sorry, I'm nice, you know, in front of the

camera my daughter's Channel. You know, I always try to lighten up, but I am rough. I taught my daughters how to be smart in school, to be ladylike and polite, but if you got to get down and dirty, I didn't want to use the word gangster. We going to do it CU, a nobody going to bully or pick up my girls. They went to a rough school, so I had to teach them. London has a different type of school, different type of zone, so it all depends where you 'cuz you're a product of your environment. You can't go to a nice little by-yep school and do the same thing in the ghetto in district 12; they'll eat your ass alive. So, you got to teach a kid. I'm sorry, it is what it is. You got to teach your kid how to be tough, stand on your ground, don't let no one bully you 'cuz once they bully you once, the whole entire school will bully you. You always be weak and scared to fight. I said there's two TP people in this world.

there's one person that when you knock yourself down, he stays down and cries and believes it. And then you have the next person, when he tries to knock his ass down, it's motivating to prove that, Yo, I'm not what you're saying. Like, the hell with you. One exactly, you make proof that, Listen, you call me stupid, I'm going to make it shut. I'm going to make it swallow your words. Like, What if you say bad about me? Don't prove them wrong, you prove them wrong. Like, I'm going to make you swallow. You just say I can't do it. You just call me dumb. I'm going to prove to you I'm smart. Like, That's me. Like, no bad word ever knocked me down, kept me going. I want that. Like, it feeds me. And I think a man should definitely have that character versus women are so emotional, whatever. But versus a man, a man should definitely have that character. Like, You called me what? Yeah, I got to pro-pro show. Yeah, you know, that's me. That's even everything in life. Like,

the I want to shut you up completely. I'm going to work extra hard to prove to you. Listen, I'm going to make you swallow those words. Yeah, but that's why you know, that's what your mother did with her tools, and that's what I did with my daughter's tools. Regardless, I didn't have enough tools. I taught my daughter to never give up, no matter where we come from. We don't give up, you don't give up, and you always strive for what you want. And you being the foundation that you guys, the way you both are the same, and y'all both try to like, if Lanna slacks, you be like on top of Y got, and then if he's not doing the same, don't your mind come on. Yeah, my wife called me lazy. You got to be Dr. call me La, not that you got to be a drill sergeant, but it's okay when someone slacks off in the family, smack him up in. That's right, you need that though, you need that absolutely, 'cause this time when I feel out of it, I'm always

motivating me to like do it, and I look back at the result like, Damn, it's a good thing she motivated. Do I see the result like, Yo, I'm happy that we did this. I'm like, I go give her the same thing, you do the same thing. And again, it's like sometimes you want to be around those people, sometimes at that moment you don't want to be around those people, but when life really goes by, you want to be around the realest of the realest. So if they see you slacking, you want to be around someone who's going to tell you, Yo, you slack, no, you need a bath, you stink, what you doing, you're falling off, you get drugs, what are you doing? You know, a lot of people take that as an offense. I hope to day I ever slack or I harm my... I would never, you know, never say never, but KN on would I have a great heart and I'm hurting or I'm hurting myself or hurting mik. I would like you to be like your mom. What?

the hell are you doing to m MH. That's like what are you doing Mom. I don't like the way you're carrying yourself. You look horrible. My kids are seen that it's okay for a child to also put that mother in their place. Absolutely. That's why you got to hang with the right company. Iron sharp and iron. Always remember that. Don't run away from the pressure. If someone telling you about yourself listen. And that's how people want to be around people were not fake. People were not scared to tell you the truth. And that's the message for today guys. We done. I love you guys. I miss you guys. I love you. Like share [Music] subscribe.

Calling Daughter "DUMB" In Front Of Grandma * SHE LOST IT*

SHANE & LIANA

The video features a prank involving a fake report card, targeting Grandma this time.

The prankster discusses the plan to upset Grandma with the report card's failing grades.

The video captures the tension as Grandma reacts to the prank, leading to a heated conversation about the child's poor performance and excuses.

The conversation revolves around a report card and the use of derogatory terms like "dumb" and "stupid" to describe a struggling student.

The speaker emphasizes that academic performance does not define a person's intelligence and that there may be underlying issues affecting the student's grades.

The speaker advocates for a more compassionate approach, urging others to avoid using hurtful labels and to understand the challenges the student may be facing.

The Importance of Addressing Academic Struggles

The speaker emphasizes that art and creativity are important, and that a child's struggles in school do not necessarily indicate they are dumb.

They highlight the impact of distractions, such as relationships and social drama, on a student's academic performance.

The speaker advocates for open communication and family support to address the child's difficulties and improve their grades.

There is a disagreement on whether a child should be punished for their behavior, with some arguing for taking away privileges instead.

The possibility of the child being bullied is raised, suggesting the need to dig deeper into the situation.

The conversation also touches on the use of the word "dumb" and the importance of understanding the underlying issues behind a child's struggles.

The Importance of Open Communication with Kids

The speaker emphasizes the need for honest and open communication with children, as they cannot be sheltered from life's challenges.

They highlight the signs of potential issues, such as a sudden drop in grades, and stress that drugs can be found at home, not just from dealers.

The speaker encourages their child to affirm their intelligence and beauty, offering support and reassurance throughout their struggles.

The speaker shares a prank they played on their wife and plans to prank their grandmother next.

They emphasize the importance of understanding and reflecting on children's behavior instead of calling them names.

The discussion highlights that success is not solely determined by school grades, but by ambition, consistency, and persistence.

The Impact of Parenting on Children's Resilience

Parenting styles can greatly influence a child's self-esteem and resilience, with the use of negative labels potentially causing harm.

It's important to teach children the value of hard work and practice in achieving success, rather than rewarding mediocrity.

Parents should equip their children with the tools to handle bullying and adversity, fostering strength and confidence to navigate challenging environments.

The Power of Motivation and Accountability

Some people use negativity as motivation to prove others wrong and strive for success.

A strong character, especially in men, is essential for pushing back against criticism and not giving up.

Surrounding yourself with real, honest people who hold you accountable is crucial for personal growth and success.