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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reliving high school is bad enough that it’s tougher now with social media but seeing my teens go through all those hurdles having ADHD, dyslexia, lack of social cues, and  bullying on top of it is giving me nightmares like when I was young. Anyone else?

I thought, hoped, my kids would be different with all the camps, counseling, and classes but nope, they are experiencing negativity all around. Doesn’t help our circle of friends are tiger, accomplishing families.  I don’t show my kids but my heart breaks fir them and fir me too. Sucks, I thought I left those feelings a long time ago. Hurts now as much as it did then.

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Yes, I get it. I always thought I would be this powerful mom who would never let her child experience any of the things I suffered through, but when it actually happened there wasn't much I could do.  However, there are some things I have managed to spare him from.  For example, I have been fierce about not allowing bullying at the school.  Lucky for me, there have been very few instances, as my kid ended up growing pretty big at the end of elementary school and naturally didn't invite that treatment.  I also found a great camp to send him to when he was younger.  I shopped around a lot, and found one where there was a great sense of community and belonging year after year.  So I knew I could count on summers being good, at least.  I paid for tutoring when necessary, did all the paperwork for special ed and pushed for it to be followed.  It was hard, but I forced myself to speak up.  Finally, I do not compare my kid to anyone else's and don't really look at friends' social media.  They all exaggerate their kids' accomplishments anyway, and nothing is as good as it looks.  [/quote]

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