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[quote=Anonymous]Totally normal for kids to get so busy they don't each lunch. I just try to
make certain my DD has a hearty breakfast -- usually carb-heavy and some fruit -- and then she often comes home on days she does not have ECs and chows down from 3pm to 6pm. On days she has practices, we eat early, ie 530pm or so.

I don't get nearly as much info as I did in elementary but feel like they have to figure it out.

I am largely hands-off, other than perhaps having a rule homework before screen time and done at the kitchen table or common desktop (We did this in the elementary years, so nothing new for our family.) I get regular updates on curriculum from the school and so no mysteries there.

We have access to grades and assignments online but I don't look regularly and next year -- in 7th -- will turn it largely off as my DD is on top of it.

I know I can reach out to advisor or other staff if need be and someone will respond quickly. DD occasionally forgets or underestimates amount of time project will take but she has had to deal with consequences and figure it out, ie getting up early to finish, working at break and lunch to hand it in by the end of the day etc. We don't let her stay up
late to finish when she exercised poor time management skills. Only happened 2x this year but she learned from
it.

At the end of the year I did inquire as to her plan to get everything done the last 3 weeks of school as multiple projects, exams, and/or assessments were due.

As for social dynamics, I have a general sense of what is going on and where my child is but she largely manages it herself, making initial contact for plans and working with me on logistics if need be. I have some idea of friends  but the dynamics can and do change, so i just listen a lot and try not to judge.

I feel much more like a facilitator and coach than the person directing or organizing, which took a little while to get comfortable with but is necessary for DD to grow up.

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