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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 382425" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">(((Sharon))) I can recall so many nights sitting up with difficult child when she was this age - and she also had just begun at the charter school, out of district and a very new environment/kids. Even though she felt comfortable there, she also felt like she was now part of a group of misfits - all the kids seemed to be 'different' than her local HS. It was a lot for her to take in without feeling as if she wasn't a good enough student. I remember her asking me why we didn't tell her she was retarded. It really took me back, she was so down on herself. It took repeated talks to help her feel at ease with the move...and reminders that she was part of the decision process as well. It didn't end there, but it did eventually get better.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I hope that talking with your easy child helps her along to feeling better about herself and her placement at the alternative school. And maybe a call to the school director is in order just to keep an eye on her for you as well. Hugs, I totally know how it feels to feel like a failure - I think we all do. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 382425, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue](((Sharon))) I can recall so many nights sitting up with difficult child when she was this age - and she also had just begun at the charter school, out of district and a very new environment/kids. Even though she felt comfortable there, she also felt like she was now part of a group of misfits - all the kids seemed to be 'different' than her local HS. It was a lot for her to take in without feeling as if she wasn't a good enough student. I remember her asking me why we didn't tell her she was retarded. It really took me back, she was so down on herself. It took repeated talks to help her feel at ease with the move...and reminders that she was part of the decision process as well. It didn't end there, but it did eventually get better.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I hope that talking with your easy child helps her along to feeling better about herself and her placement at the alternative school. And maybe a call to the school director is in order just to keep an eye on her for you as well. Hugs, I totally know how it feels to feel like a failure - I think we all do. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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