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[quote=Anonymous]Something that has helped my kid is to find an activity or two where she DOES feel accepted and understood. It doesn't fix the school issues but it makes it more tolerable, gives her something to look forward to each week, and has provided opportunities to make friends by bonding over a shared activity, something that has been really evasive for her at school.

One thing I have thought about through this process is to channel how I felt many years ago when I was stuck in a a job I really, really hated but did not feel I could leave until I found a better situation. It's just really difficult to go to a place everyday where you don't feel welcome or appreciated. But what helped me during that time was:

1) Feeling really loved and supported by my family and friends outside of work
2) Having hobbies and interests I could distract myself with, including kind of dumb or frivolous things like fashion or reading romance novels
3) Starting to make plans for the next phase of my life

You can actually adapt this pretty easily to a kid. What's the next level of school -- middle? HS? Can you start looking at those options and see if there are any that actually excite him? What does he like to do or talk about to totally relax, can you engage those interests more?

I think the key is not to dwell on what he doesn't like about school. I have accepted that for this year at least, my DD just has to survive school (we have more options next year with MS and are working on those now). So we're investing energy in stuff outside of school that is making life more tolerable in general, and that seems to help at least keep her going.[/quote]

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