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difficult child Update - Dropping Out of School
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<blockquote data-quote="Adrift" data-source="post: 450312" data-attributes="member: 2158"><p>Thanks for your replies! Yes, the fact that I have spent the last 29 years helping kids graduate from high school and go to college has not helped all this. If he were going to pick one thing....this would definitely be it! Ultimatums (like job vs. school), we are afraid, will lead to homelessness. There is not much work up here and he is so headstrong we fear he would leave. He has threatened to hitchhike to FL and live in a tent. I do appreciate your thoughts around alternative ways to complete school. He could get his GED, go to adult ed. classes etc. and maybe that's what he'll end up doing. In the meantime though, what does life look like at home? Clearly, it's not going to help him become a pro-skater because he will have to get a job to earn some money. We do want to support him in his skating though, at least somewhat but it sure doesn't feel great when he's not in school. He doesn't seem to understand that with a 10th grade education no one will hire him! He's driving in right now so I'll go. Thank you for all of your support, you guys do get it...it so nice to know that someone out there does.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adrift, post: 450312, member: 2158"] Thanks for your replies! Yes, the fact that I have spent the last 29 years helping kids graduate from high school and go to college has not helped all this. If he were going to pick one thing....this would definitely be it! Ultimatums (like job vs. school), we are afraid, will lead to homelessness. There is not much work up here and he is so headstrong we fear he would leave. He has threatened to hitchhike to FL and live in a tent. I do appreciate your thoughts around alternative ways to complete school. He could get his GED, go to adult ed. classes etc. and maybe that's what he'll end up doing. In the meantime though, what does life look like at home? Clearly, it's not going to help him become a pro-skater because he will have to get a job to earn some money. We do want to support him in his skating though, at least somewhat but it sure doesn't feel great when he's not in school. He doesn't seem to understand that with a 10th grade education no one will hire him! He's driving in right now so I'll go. Thank you for all of your support, you guys do get it...it so nice to know that someone out there does. [/QUOTE]
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