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@beready I've given up on using tech as leverage, it was too volatile. Now her only deterrent is not listening to me bitch. 4 more years, here we go!

@beready Oi.....that sounds rough but not far from where I am. At least her mom is supportive when I call out for help, even if it's just to complain. My daughter is compliant when absolute lines are drawn because the fact is all she can do is leave, and all I can do is call the cops so our cold...

@beready She's three days in and I've been contacted about missing work 🙄

@jwnwebiste I did end up signing her up. Today was the first day. She said it wasn't that bad. We'll see how she handles sophomore year 🤷🏻

@foto2014 Thanks for the response, she has a therapist and a 504. Took most of the year to get it....too little too late.

@michaelo I'm not sure I need a neurologist to tell me my kid is a stubborn asshole because she's an insecure teen who's confused about her blossoming identity and the swirling cocktail of hormones surging through her bloodstream. I get she's pissed off about her mom leaving, and the train of...

@letterforms She made enemies out of a couple of them... I could tell there was some spite coming from some of the teachers...but I also know my kid so I don't exactly blame them.

@letterforms When she found out she was failing 9th grade, she tried to pull off 6 months worth of work in less than a month...and she was handing in 'A' work but the teachers weren't about to give her full credit for 6 month old assignments, so a lot of it didn't even count. This is what pisses...

@pastorben I don't ask for very much, so when she thwarts me these days I get pissy and put my foot down. Usually only backfires when we're both tired and grumpy. She left a month ago started staying at my mother's. She came back after two weeks, we got into again and she left again. The...

@pastorben The stubbornness has been since birth. When she was only a few months old she would fight me getting dressed in the morning. One day she fought me so much I actually had to call my wife back from work to help me get her to daycare. Imagine fighting a 16 month old and losing. Potty...

@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.