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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 389990" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">I'm sorry you're in the thick of it with difficult child. Part of it, I'd say MOST of it, is her age. I felt PTSD symptoms reading your post!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Since she's still a minor and you are legally responsible for her, you still have a right and obligation, in my humble opinion, to 'push' her and guide her. However, she is transitioning into a young adult and over the next 3 years her educational career is up to her...iow, she will have to suffer the natural consequences of her actions and personal choices in regards to her goals in HS. Perhaps suggesting she speak with a HS guidance counselor to discuss her change in plans instead of battling over it at home would help to give her the eye opening she needs. Perhaps she's not completely off base...perhaps she's realizing her own shortcomings and is figuring out a way to make something work for her. I'm not saying this is so, just throwing it all out there. Because I remember difficult child changing her plans (or throwing them all away) many times between 9th-12th grades...or doing nothing at all and listening to no one. Except the school director who was a very matter of fact women, held back nothing and had a rep for being brutally honest with the kids (something I really admired!). </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkslateblue">Anyway, just some thoughts and empathy - hugs and hang in there.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 389990, member: 2211"] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]I'm sorry you're in the thick of it with difficult child. Part of it, I'd say MOST of it, is her age. I felt PTSD symptoms reading your post![/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Since she's still a minor and you are legally responsible for her, you still have a right and obligation, in my humble opinion, to 'push' her and guide her. However, she is transitioning into a young adult and over the next 3 years her educational career is up to her...iow, she will have to suffer the natural consequences of her actions and personal choices in regards to her goals in HS. Perhaps suggesting she speak with a HS guidance counselor to discuss her change in plans instead of battling over it at home would help to give her the eye opening she needs. Perhaps she's not completely off base...perhaps she's realizing her own shortcomings and is figuring out a way to make something work for her. I'm not saying this is so, just throwing it all out there. Because I remember difficult child changing her plans (or throwing them all away) many times between 9th-12th grades...or doing nothing at all and listening to no one. Except the school director who was a very matter of fact women, held back nothing and had a rep for being brutally honest with the kids (something I really admired!). [/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue][/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][COLOR=darkslateblue]Anyway, just some thoughts and empathy - hugs and hang in there.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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