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    How far do we go to help a teen who doesn’t want to help herself?

    @bobear24 If it's any comfort, I did make it through - I got a degree, had a career, 2 lovely kids that made it to adulthood without major incidents, have had a long and happy marriage, anyone who finds out my past is shocked because I am so far away from it. I've had some mental health...
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    Too harsh

    @goodlistener Idk about too harsh, but it sounds kind of more like you're lenient, and suddenly panicking because you left the teenager in charge with no guardrails and now you're off course and feeling responsible, so you're coming down on them to fix it. Maybe I'm misreading it, apologies if...
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    My daughter failed 9th grade and I do not know what to do about it

    @farmerdex That's unfortunate, they should've given her most if not all credit.
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    How far do we go to help a teen who doesn’t want to help herself?

    @bobear24 I was an angry and sad kid when I was that age. I didn't refuse to go to school entirely, but I skipped classes, I'd run away from home, I was all over the place emotionally. There were some things that happened that had traumatized me, and my parents didn't see it. Trauma wasn't...
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    My daughter failed 9th grade and I do not know what to do about it

    @farmerdex You've gotten some great suggestions and advice here, I'd just like to add to consider that it could be biological. My daughter was barely scraping by, not doing her work and such, and we put her on Ferramax. Cleared up 80% of the problem in about a week, as well as other attitude...
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    15 year old struggling

    @vesivian Something that helped our out of synch kiddo was an occupational therapist that worked with social stuff & neurodiverse kids. There's all kinds of weird little things about knowing how to join a conversation and not be weird about it that she was able to show her. Most therapists...
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    Teenager using Pot regularly - how do I get him to stop?

    @simplewoodencross Is he aware of the consequences, like have you sat him down and said "these are my concerns'? Sometimes kids sort of know but aren't familiar with the reality. You're not off base, IMHO, weed is legal for adults here but feeling overwhelmed, anxious & having a hard time...
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