Tonight I sit here crying because I just learned my 11 year old daughter, is struggling in Middle School. It's not academics that she is struggling with,it's the adjustment to middle school...Two weeks ago she came home so excited that she finally memorized her class schedule and I thought she was adjusting to middle school life quite fine,but now I know she was just pretending for me and her dad.
See,like I said,its not the academics so much,its just that she can be very forget full at times. She always does her homework, but forgets it in her locker.She came home one day, sad because she got a zero on her homework because of that. I told her she has to be more responsible and if she wants credit for something that she has done then turn it in on time,and she can't forget things so important. I also said these are learning moments for you and that she'll get the hang of middle school pretty soon. It will take time but she'll get the hang of it.
My daughter is a very bright kid,she's been on Honor Roll and Principal's Honor Roll every since kindergarten and has always been a very outgoing person,always helped out with her siblings and since school has started (a month now)she has been pretty angry with them. I mean she has been real snappy with them and she seems to have lost interest in a lot of things she loved just a month ago. At the beginning of the school year, I always wanted to know if she made any new friends since she had NO classes with any of her old friends.....the answer was always Not yet mom!
Just recently I found out that in her Social Studies class there's this group of girls who always tell her to move because they want some other girl to sit there. My daughter told them,NO! But she also told me that a lot of those kids don't want to be her friend because she doesn't watch BET or MTV and some really crazy shows that I don't think kids should be watching.
My kid is 11 years old and she truly acts like an 11 year old girl. She still loves Cartoon Network,playing outside,collecting rocks,coloring and listening to bedtime stories. In fact, she is one of the greatest kids I know and Love!
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Hmm sounds like peer pressure is sinking in. Is there anyway to maybe let her watch 1/2 hour of MTV or BET? As long as you are watching it with her, it would be ok right?
Deb,
Peer pressure is sinking in and I don't have a problem with her watching MTV or BET....she's just not into those channels. She loves cartoons and is actually a really good artist. Well, thanks for the comment,you are the first....Hurray!
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