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@laurapalooza Google classroom was great until she kept switching classes and the old classes weren't being removed. Soon there was a CVS receipts worth of missing assignments and I couldn't tell what was what. She just kept telling me everything that needed to be was done.

@sparrowfeet I feel like I've been sucked in by the tit-for-tat nonsense between us, that's why I'm trying to find some outside perspective. There's gotta be something I'm not seeing.

@sparrowfeet She thinks she can do it, but she always comes up with these schemes to get by. Her action plans are always based on blaming her failures on external circumstances. Never once has she said, "I messed up, I'm going to do better for the sake of being better." It's always been someone...

@thislittlelightofmine I know from personal experience her HS is extremely competitive, clicky, and essentially like the Breakfast Club because it's the same school I went to and I had many of the same issues. Home schooling is not an option for me, but you might be onto something there with...

@sparrowfeet Another reason I don't think the 5th year is a bad idea is because we won a lottery and put her in school very early. She's actually been younger than everyone else this whole time and she's struggled forever. I'm thinking holding her back would help her mature and maybe she could...

@kitty123 She needs 25 to graduate, but it really doesn't matter how she gets there. The "sophomore" designation is fluid. If she achieves 7 credits by the end of next year she could technically be a sophomore, but she has no wiggle room for the next three years. Her only reason for wanting...

@katrina2017 Thank you!

@katrina2017 She started the year with two study halls, they switched up her classes a couple of time because she couldn't get along with the teacher or students. About half way through they said she was in danger of failing. Ultimately they put her in an assisted study hall, but it was too...

@morgan772 Thank you!

@morgan772 Yeah, when I was in school it was AIDS and crack. Now it's Corona and school shootings. The stakes have definitely been raised.

@katrina2017 Yeah there was plenty of communication. This year was like watching a car crash in slow motion.

@katrina2017 It's no surprise. She has this habit of sabotaging herself and blaming it on everyone and everything. She started the year with two study halls. About half way through the year they switched up classes because she was failing and couldn't get along with her teachers or peers. Three...

@christtoulese I can see how it may appear that way by reading through this thread but we are just discussing one facet of a much larger and complex relationship. She is incredibly intelligent, and crafty, and she's had to grow up faster than she should have. But her go-to pattern that made me...

@christtoulese It's a tricky situation with mine because she is emotionally intelligent, stubborn, angry, and just does not give a fuuuuukkkk... she's also one of the most gifted narcissists I know. It eventually gets to a point where I simply have to accept this is who she is and these are...

@christtoulese Basically the time , effort, and energy that it would take to police a person who is intent on being deceiving and avoidant is just not feasible. The issue there would be 1. Knowing what she needs to be studying because there will always be a song and dance about how everything...

@christtoulese And parents alone

@christtoulese We could but the work is not the issue, she lies about what is assigned and tells me the work is done. I don't find out until weeks and months down the line that she's been lying. I would literally need to be in daily communication with her teachers to stay on top of her the way...

@bletherer Sounds like a nice option. I am a loan parent with a full time job and I'm also in college myself. I wish I had the time and space.

@sparrowfeet That's a fantastic idea! I'd pay for a stunt double RN

@sparrowfeet Haha - this is why I have no business helping my kid with her homework!