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Originally Posted by cookfan56
Yes, you're right -- I do sometimes forget how hard the classes are, even though I see the homework and projects. Hard classes plus all her extracurriculars may be just burning her out at the end of the school year. But I may need to reassess over the summer, or should I say "help her" reassess. I don't want to be the mom who pushes their kid to be a "super kid" and the kids suffers because of it, but then, I also don't want her to drop activities until the antidepressants and therapy has had a chance to work, so we can see how she feels then.
Sometimes I wish it was like the old days when we just rode bikes/swam/played with other kids during our down time and there weren't many organized activites. But times have changed so much and there's no getting away from that really, except for some gymnastics girls who are home-schooled, so they can get their school work done with in 3-4 hours a day and not have the school pressure on top of everything else.
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Allow her to drop her activities if she's just not in to them anymore. She's a teenager..they tend to change what they are intereted in with the wind...but at the same time revisit the idea often with her and make sure she doesn't change her mind again. Maybe she need to just cut back on the frequency, or take more breaks during the school year.
I am not against homeschooling but it needs to be done in a way that socialization doesn't suffer too much. I know what it's like to be bullied. I was there; it is very, very hard. But, at the same time, school is where most people learn to socialize, get along....or not. They learn the dynamics of a group and how to get along, assert their opinions, learn what they like and don't like, etc., and no, it's not easy, but it is a necessary thing in growing up.