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My Baby is About to start 6th Grade/ Update on Us
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<blockquote data-quote="Kjs" data-source="post: 187867"><p>My difficult child will be starting High School. Looking back at the beginning of middle school...oh I was NOT prepared for Middle School.</p><p> </p><p>He was younger, so ofcourse his maturity was not there. 6th grade didn't seem too much, but he wanted to fit in. Very social. So..he was awful. WRONG crowd. Got caught buying and smoking POT. He was TEN.</p><p> </p><p>That was it. Even NOW difficult child said he wishes he could go back to 6th grade and do things so different. Me too. I was working 2nd shift out of town at that time so I wasn't home after school. He needed me.</p><p> </p><p>I believe if I would of been there to support him and guide him better, it would of made a big difference. </p><p> </p><p>You are on top of it. You seem prepared. I am sure she will do great. Band is wonderful. They are part of something. That is what difficult child needed. To be part of something. </p><p> </p><p>Talk to parents of new friends she meets. (our mistake) If I were to do it over again, I would be the host of sleep-overs, or outings. </p><p> </p><p>Make sure the teachers are aware if she has an IEP. Found out in Middle school every single year that the teachers were NOT aware that he had an IEP until things started getting really tough and I would get called in to a meeting and question the IEP. They would look at me in surprise.</p><p> </p><p>MAKE sure they follow it. Had that problem more often than not. Once I was there every day making sure the IEP was followed, things got much better.</p><p> </p><p>Is it a big school?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kjs, post: 187867"] My difficult child will be starting High School. Looking back at the beginning of middle school...oh I was NOT prepared for Middle School. He was younger, so ofcourse his maturity was not there. 6th grade didn't seem too much, but he wanted to fit in. Very social. So..he was awful. WRONG crowd. Got caught buying and smoking POT. He was TEN. That was it. Even NOW difficult child said he wishes he could go back to 6th grade and do things so different. Me too. I was working 2nd shift out of town at that time so I wasn't home after school. He needed me. I believe if I would of been there to support him and guide him better, it would of made a big difference. You are on top of it. You seem prepared. I am sure she will do great. Band is wonderful. They are part of something. That is what difficult child needed. To be part of something. Talk to parents of new friends she meets. (our mistake) If I were to do it over again, I would be the host of sleep-overs, or outings. Make sure the teachers are aware if she has an IEP. Found out in Middle school every single year that the teachers were NOT aware that he had an IEP until things started getting really tough and I would get called in to a meeting and question the IEP. They would look at me in surprise. MAKE sure they follow it. Had that problem more often than not. Once I was there every day making sure the IEP was followed, things got much better. Is it a big school? [/QUOTE]
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