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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 258837" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Hi Kjs,</p><p>wow, I can't believe all the stress you are under. You never get any time to recharge. I'm glad you will go to the cemetary and I am sorry for your loss.</p><p></p><p>I don't know if this will help or not but I remember when I was so worried over one of my difficult child's academic stuff and someone reminded me that her mental health was the most important thing--I had to sort of let the academic stuff slide and not worry over whether she would graduate or how her grades were, etc. They just had to take a second seat to her mental health. She ended up dropping out of school (one of my biggest fears) but then managed to get a GED when she was 17--it was all on her own too. I had totally butted out of her school issues by then.</p><p></p><p>It has been hard with difficult child 2/easy child dtr because she has had to reduce her schedule some of the time and she has barely passed sometimes. She is a senior now and it is only because she herself has set the goal of getting a diploma with her class that she is managing to graduate. She barely made it from 10th to 11th grade--had to do tutoring almost all summer to pass. With her too, I had to realize her mental health had to come first. It would not be the end of the world if she failed at school. Also, she had to be the one to take ownership of it--when I allowed her to do that she rose to the occasion and did as well as she could given her emotional problems. My nagging her or even mentioning her schoolwork caused more stress, not less.</p><p></p><p>Hugs,</p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 258837, member: 3450"] Hi Kjs, wow, I can't believe all the stress you are under. You never get any time to recharge. I'm glad you will go to the cemetary and I am sorry for your loss. I don't know if this will help or not but I remember when I was so worried over one of my difficult child's academic stuff and someone reminded me that her mental health was the most important thing--I had to sort of let the academic stuff slide and not worry over whether she would graduate or how her grades were, etc. They just had to take a second seat to her mental health. She ended up dropping out of school (one of my biggest fears) but then managed to get a GED when she was 17--it was all on her own too. I had totally butted out of her school issues by then. It has been hard with difficult child 2/easy child dtr because she has had to reduce her schedule some of the time and she has barely passed sometimes. She is a senior now and it is only because she herself has set the goal of getting a diploma with her class that she is managing to graduate. She barely made it from 10th to 11th grade--had to do tutoring almost all summer to pass. With her too, I had to realize her mental health had to come first. It would not be the end of the world if she failed at school. Also, she had to be the one to take ownership of it--when I allowed her to do that she rose to the occasion and did as well as she could given her emotional problems. My nagging her or even mentioning her schoolwork caused more stress, not less. Hugs, Jane [/QUOTE]
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