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Bunny
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difficult child started middle school this year, and he is learning the hard way that middle school is a completely different animal that elementary school.
They have to take mid-term exams in all of their core subjects and they are all next week. So, on top of any homework that difficult child had over the weekend, he was also told to study for the upcoming tests. I could not believe when he came to me on Thursday and said to me "I need to talk to you", which is usually not a good sign, coming from him. So, he sat down on the couch next to me and said that he needed help. The mid terms were next week and he was get all upset beause there was SO much for him to do and he didn't know how to do it all. Could I help him get organized and help him study for the tests?
Of course I told him that I would help him with anything that he needed, but this is real progress for difficult child. A few weekends ago he was was having a total meltdown on a Sunday night beause he knew he had alot of homework that weekend, and while I kept telling him to start doing it, he didn't want to think about it until he realized that he had to face it and by that point he was so overwhelmed with it all that he just melted. For him to come to me and admit that he needed help? I was impressed.
Pam
They have to take mid-term exams in all of their core subjects and they are all next week. So, on top of any homework that difficult child had over the weekend, he was also told to study for the upcoming tests. I could not believe when he came to me on Thursday and said to me "I need to talk to you", which is usually not a good sign, coming from him. So, he sat down on the couch next to me and said that he needed help. The mid terms were next week and he was get all upset beause there was SO much for him to do and he didn't know how to do it all. Could I help him get organized and help him study for the tests?
Of course I told him that I would help him with anything that he needed, but this is real progress for difficult child. A few weekends ago he was was having a total meltdown on a Sunday night beause he knew he had alot of homework that weekend, and while I kept telling him to start doing it, he didn't want to think about it until he realized that he had to face it and by that point he was so overwhelmed with it all that he just melted. For him to come to me and admit that he needed help? I was impressed.
Pam