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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is this a public school?  You can opt out of counseling.  For the younger grades I could op out entirely, then for the older grades I would select whether there was still academic counseling.  If you are in FCPS they updated the system so that you could do it online from the parent portal.  It used to be that you needed to ask the front office for a form to sign.  It makes life so much better to not deal with the school counselors.  No one needs that kind of "data collection" just to get free counseling.

If your kid wants a counselor, offer a private one.  This is much less likely to cause problems at the school or with CPS.  It may cost money and you need to drive and schedule appointments, but if they worst thing happening is some screaming then the child will likely get bored quickly.  You do not need escalating problems.

Is this a private school?  [/quote]

First off, not everyone can afford private counselors, period, end of story.  So that's a dead end for many parents here.

Equally important: the only type of parent who gives this advice that you're giving PP is someone used to trying to cover up bad parenting, abuse even.  What healthy parent tells others to opt their younger kids out of school counseling?  Younger students are literally the ones who often don't know yet how to speak up if they're not ok.  Teachers or couselors who notice that a child seems not ok should be able to ask how the child is doing and if a child, tween or teen says they're upset or sad or angry or anything, then they should be able to be referred to the school counselor.

PP I hope whatever your kids have experienced that makes you want to create distance between them and school counselors, and only see private counselors if you choose them, I hope your kids still wind up ok despite whatever makes you want to minimize the supports around them.[/quote]

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