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Originally Posted by fintstone
A mentor works very well for many kids. A slightly older, cool friend that is enthusiastic who can laud the benefits of school and set an example works well...if you can find them. Maybe a college kid. One good way to find the right person is by hiring the right tutor that meets those qualifications.
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This. You can't make anyone do anything. Especially when they know you want them to do it. Having them make the decision themselves with a very small seed that you planted is the way.
I work with kids like that at my day job. Either they are checked out and will be a drag on the system through a criminal record for the rest of their lives, or there's something else. I feel your daughter is not the first catagory. Recently i have seen a lot of younger females (freshman/sophomore) just drop from HS for as they say "depression". I couldn't imaging what is so drastic in a kid's life in this day and age.... yet, I listen and offer coping mechanisms for those kids. Most of those females are SA victims which breaks your heart.
With that said, I don't think anyone wants to go to school sophomore year. Fake friends, drama, add in the sociological aspect of covid. I wouldn't want to do it. The dance is the key. Should have to keep grades up to participate. If you don't want to go to school in person you can't do dance. As a word of advice on online school. Most kids that flunk out of in person. Will flunk out of online. Unless we're talking credit recovery high schools and those are just the worst of the worst kids.