What is your teen's biggest challenge in life?
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Anonymous
| It is so easy to feel alone when your child is going through something, but talking to other parents you realize almost every child has something that they are struggling with. Yet sometimes it's hard to talk about in real life because you want to respect your child's privacy. So what are your teen's biggest challenges? (Mine has major social anxiety.) |
Anonymous
| Social anxiety and finding a group of kids that he actually fits in with. |
Anonymous
+ 1. Navigating teen friendships is already hard but throw in social media and anxiety and it’s brutal. |
Anonymous
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For my dd friendships, definitely. For my ds, not being an adult living life on his own terms
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Anonymous
| She seems annoyed by everything right now, including friends. Hair trigger at times. |
Anonymous
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Nothing. They take life easy. I think they have taken 10 chill days from school, may 12.
It doesn't bother them. I wish I had take schooling as lightly as they do. |
Anonymous
+2. My child was pushed out of the group that mine invited the kid into. Has struggled to find a group since then, though DC has scattered friends across classes and activities. It was devastating and actually traumatized DC, the "queen bee" and her mother were incredibly cruel and manipulative. The resulting social anxiety has been difficult. |
Anonymous
| Anxiety, social anxiety, depression, OCD, self harm/cutting. |
Anonymous
| Grief, and PTSD. |
Anonymous
| Dyslexia plus inherited shyness (mine and DH's). He's very quiet at school. He's not bullied or made fun of and does have a protective shell of school friends. I know he will be okay. |
Anonymous
| ADHD. Everyone acts like our MS is so easy, but my DS has to work very hard. |
Anonymous
| School. He’s a junior and has learning disabilities and has a really hard time maintaining Bs, sometimes getting a C is a struggle. He’ll feel relief when this semesters grades are in and they are what they are, and he can make college decisions from there. |
Anonymous
| Stress of grades/college/lack of fun |
Anonymous
| ADHD and very severe lack of self-motivation. |
Anonymous
| Homework. |