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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am the first to admit I am a bit of a helicopter parent so I am sympathetic to you and understand your argument. BUT my gut feeling is to not ask for a switch. She DOES need coping skills for situations like this. I am with other posters who say what about college and jobs. I think you are trying to rationalize that it’s different. You need to teach her resilience. You should tell her that this is a life lesson and a learning opportunity. You can influence HOW she sees this situation. Don't agree with her that this is a tragedy.  If she gets through this and thrives she will have built resilience and self esteem. Just so you know, I’m not all talk - we pulled our reserved child out of public school and put her into a private school where she didn’t have any friends. She was really proud of herself that she was able to acclimate to a new school.[/quote]
+1 we did the same. Our DD needed a reset. We had tried all those things and it just didn’t work. Clubs met for 20 minutes once a week, band was a HUGE commitment that I wasn’t into and neither was she, lunches didn’t match up, her sport the coach was just nuts (lots of crying from everyone). Finally we just said enough and switched schools. She made good friends learned a lot graduating college now. It just wasn’t working. We will never know if it would have all worked out if we stayed but it didn’t seem so great for those that did. Sometimes you just need a more supportive environment. [/quote]

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