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[quote=Anonymous]Is there any kind of room for (expensive) compromise? Can the 10th grader stay with his dad while he is finishing up high school? Do you have close friends or family he could love with during the school year? I’ve always been averse to school changes. You know your kid and how resilient he’ll be with this type of change. There will be an impact. With support, he should be ok, but it would be great to find a creative solution.

My cousin’s family lost significant income the summer after his 9th grade year and he had to switch from private school to my public high school. So, I watched this very charismatic teen switch from his preppy successful friends to the kids who would accept his friendship at my public school. He skipped school with them, grew his hair out (ah 90’s grunge days), wore muscle shirts… he adapted to fit this available friend group… then he got a scholarship to college (thank goodness- because his family’s finances never stabilized) and was able to keep moving on his own trajectory. He’s fine and he actually may have been fine during that whole transition, but it was definitely a life stressor that we were witness to. He’s actually estranged from his parents now - but they are a little crazy - which is what led to the financial problems.[/quote]

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