 |  tmcq326: I have a 13 year old daughter she recently has been having anxiety about going to school. She wants to go to an online virtual school. She says she feels invisable and alone. She tells me it is especially bad during lunch and passing times. I wish all kids were as mature kind and polite as she is. Not sure how to really help her. 9 years ago • Report • Link 0  r_drew_davis: Have you looked to see if an online virtual school option is acceptable for home schooling in your area? Not much point in exploring it, unless it's a real option But assuming it is real, you should have a serious talk with her about it. My assumption, sight unseen, is that you haven't actually heard the real problem from her yet. I've "attended" some online MOOC courses and if the problem is that she feels invisible and alone in a bricks and mortar school, it's hard for me to picture how reducing herself to an avatar is going to fix that. Has she considered that the virtual school has no social events (e.g. sports, dances, drama club,...). Has she found some clubs to be excited about? What's her transportation situation? If the school bus schedule leaves no room for hanging around with friends or participating in other activities, that would squeeze a lot of the joy right out of the K-12 years 8 years ago • Report 0 |
