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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did you all parents and kids do it?
with AP classes, and tough courses including Pre Calc. and then activities.

How?? The stress as a parent to see my child struggle so much is getting to me ... My DS works very hard but it has been a tough year. [/quote]

What is the stress for you?  If anything I try to be sure my kids learn how to manage their time and stress.[/quote]

OP- yes, I'm trying to do the same. However, with so many quizzes and tests and activities, it is hard to manage everything. with work and helping them with their stress and manage everything. [/quote]

My youngest is a senior. I don’t get this. What are you managing?  By HS they need to manage their own schedules and we were on the sidelines for support, rides and money. [/quote]

The short answer is you are lucky. You have kids who are more mature than the rest and don't have ADHD. I'm shocked about this but almost everyone we know helps their HS age child with a lot of the day-to-day administrative stuff. 
My child daughter to me that they were the only ones packing their own lunches and shopping for their own groceries. I didn't believe her because really everyone was packing their own lunches by like 3rd grade but then I asked a lot of parents and they all told me they were doing those things as well as doing laundry to save their DDs time because their DDs were really pressed for every minute. I do get it. I feel like every day my daughter is not getting enough sleep no matter how hard she tries and how much we cut back.[/quote]

I promise you they aren’t pressed for every minute.  If they reduced the amount of time they were spending on their phones they would have lots of time. If they took a schedule of classes they could actually handle instead of needing tutors for 2-3 classes they would be fine. If they learned how to study and managing their time they would be fine.  Would it be stressful some times, sure.  But I don’t get this micromanaging of kids life all through high school.  How do you know they are prepared to be on their own if you are doing that.[/quote]

Mine don't have free access to phones or electronics but they are in a lot of activities and several AP classes, including Cal BC.  So, yes, if they need support they get tutors as it is not expensive and sometimes you get in a situation where the teachers take off a lot of time or don't put a lot of time into teaching and we want a good foundation.[/quote]

Where did you find a “not expensive” tutor for Calc BC….?[/quote]

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