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[quote=Anonymous]6th grade is first year of middle school for us. 5th grade was pretty rough too socially but she didn't seem to mind the school part. Now, she just doesn't want to go at all. She's compliant so she doesn't flat out refuse, but she begs to stay home and often cries the night before or even in the morning about going to school. She has made a new group of friends this year that went to a different elementary school and so far they seem really nice and a lot healthier than her friends at her elementary school (who are at this middle school too.) She swears that nothing "happened" and she's not the type to keep things to herself - she is an over-sharer. She just says school is boring. The blocks are really long (80 minutes, A/B day schedule) and she particularly hates homeroom (20 minutes) and study hall (40 minutes) because she has nothing to do. She does like reading but doesn't want to just sit a school reading all day.

Has anyone dealt with this? I don't know what to do - its really hard to see how upset she is each night thinking about going to school the next day. Our county still offers a virtual option and I've offered that to her for 7th grade but she says that would be "worse" (I agree) but I just wanted her to know it was an option in case something was happening that she didn't want to tell me.

She has straight A's. She's perfectly happy and does not seem depressed when she is not at school. She sees her friends outside of school and enjoys it and looks forward to it. Summer she is like a different person - just totally happy and not stressed or depressed at all.

Has anyone experienced this? I don't know how to help her or make this better.

My older daughter doesn't love school either, but its never been anything like this.  [/quote]

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