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difficult child Update - Dropping Out of School
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 450314" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I can only tell you what I would do.</p><p></p><p>First of all, he'd have to work full time, even if that meant McDonalds, and he'd have to contribute to the household bills as well as buy his own clothes. He'd have no cell phone or car insurance unless he could pay for them. My guess is there is a good chance he IS doing some sort of drugs...skater kids are prone to doing it. I feel it is unrealistic for him to believe that he can make a living as a skater and, if it were me, I wouldn't discourage it but I wouldn't encourage it either. My daughter is great at sports, but, realistically, she probably can't even make a college team because somebody is always better.</p><p></p><p>I would not make dropping out of school in any way comfortable. I think I'd probably calmly say, "If you don't want to go to school, then you are going to have adult responsibilities or else you won't have anything other than the bare necessities."</p><p></p><p>If he is willing to homeschool I would consider that going to school as long as he tries. My oldest daughter homeschooled her two last years of high school and went on to tech school and eventually college. However, when she got into trouble, we took away her car keys and insurance and cell phone. She paid for almost everything herself, because she was using drugs, was too young to throw out of the house, and too old for us to support while she spent a few hours a day on schoolwork while she slept the rest of the day. She quit drugs and got her life together and is a productive 27 year old who has a career. I think being tough on her helped. She thinks so too. She was also adopted.</p><p></p><p>I wish you luck. Keep us posted.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 450314, member: 1550"] I can only tell you what I would do. First of all, he'd have to work full time, even if that meant McDonalds, and he'd have to contribute to the household bills as well as buy his own clothes. He'd have no cell phone or car insurance unless he could pay for them. My guess is there is a good chance he IS doing some sort of drugs...skater kids are prone to doing it. I feel it is unrealistic for him to believe that he can make a living as a skater and, if it were me, I wouldn't discourage it but I wouldn't encourage it either. My daughter is great at sports, but, realistically, she probably can't even make a college team because somebody is always better. I would not make dropping out of school in any way comfortable. I think I'd probably calmly say, "If you don't want to go to school, then you are going to have adult responsibilities or else you won't have anything other than the bare necessities." If he is willing to homeschool I would consider that going to school as long as he tries. My oldest daughter homeschooled her two last years of high school and went on to tech school and eventually college. However, when she got into trouble, we took away her car keys and insurance and cell phone. She paid for almost everything herself, because she was using drugs, was too young to throw out of the house, and too old for us to support while she spent a few hours a day on schoolwork while she slept the rest of the day. She quit drugs and got her life together and is a productive 27 year old who has a career. I think being tough on her helped. She thinks so too. She was also adopted. I wish you luck. Keep us posted. [/QUOTE]
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