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[quote=Anonymous]Maybe you could try a less authoritarian approach. Say, talking to her about how concerned you are. I would actually say to my child exactly what you said here - "angry and deeply, deeply ashamed of her behavior" - and go from there. Try to focus less on punishment and more on the future - what happens if she gets expelled? what does she want to do after she graduates, if she makes it that far? why is she wandering the halls in the first place? I say this as a former rebellious kid who saw a lot of the inside of our dean's office. I was genuinely bored. I ended up quitting calculus and moving into an elective psychology class that I liked a lot more and started working on the school paper. I won't say I never got in trouble again, but I did graduate, with good grades.[/quote]
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