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<blockquote data-quote="svengandhi" data-source="post: 413999" data-attributes="member: 3493"><p>My situation is not as severe as yours. I have a 16 year old difficult child whose basic MO is self-sabotage in school, refusal to do HW coupled with extreme intelligence and a refusal to be in any other than AP or honors classes (except in English). This year, I finally detached. H now has to deal with the teachers and the school when they try to drop him down in to regular classes. He'd only fail those classes because he'd be bored. I still cry at night. He will probably be a National Merit Commended student who will only be able to get in to a community college (maybe).</p><p></p><p>We tried therapy for years but even as an 8 year old, he refused to buy in to it. If a therapist didn't play chess, he wouldn't talk to them. If he beat them at chess, they were too "dumb to talk to." If they beat him, he'd talk to them - he would sit down and say "So, Dr. X, how was YOUR week?" We finally gave up on therapy.</p><p></p><p>I know it's not the same but the heartbreak of a child deliberately ruining their life is the same regardless of the cause.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svengandhi, post: 413999, member: 3493"] My situation is not as severe as yours. I have a 16 year old difficult child whose basic MO is self-sabotage in school, refusal to do HW coupled with extreme intelligence and a refusal to be in any other than AP or honors classes (except in English). This year, I finally detached. H now has to deal with the teachers and the school when they try to drop him down in to regular classes. He'd only fail those classes because he'd be bored. I still cry at night. He will probably be a National Merit Commended student who will only be able to get in to a community college (maybe). We tried therapy for years but even as an 8 year old, he refused to buy in to it. If a therapist didn't play chess, he wouldn't talk to them. If he beat them at chess, they were too "dumb to talk to." If they beat him, he'd talk to them - he would sit down and say "So, Dr. X, how was YOUR week?" We finally gave up on therapy. I know it's not the same but the heartbreak of a child deliberately ruining their life is the same regardless of the cause. [/QUOTE]
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