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[quote=Anonymous]As a high schooler, I was like this. And like your DD, it was very much self-driven not from external pressures. My parents were very supportive. They didn’t stay up with me, but they checked in regularly, always let me know it’d be okay if I stepped off the gas, and found me a therapist when it turned out I needed one (both mental and physical health are important here). I’m glad they let me be the driver on this and if they forced me to take easier classes or do fewer EC’s, I would have resented it. Your kid is growing up. You can guide, you can give advice, you can help with study skills and healthy stress-coping habits, and you should be supportive, but as long as it’s not self-destructive, let her figure out what she can handle and what she can’t. Learning her own limits is important for when she goes to college. And if she is at the point where it is self-destructive, talk to her about it in a way that doesn’t make her feel like she’s failing somehow. I’m a mom now, and though my kid is nowhere near this stage yet, looking back, I really admire the way my parents handled this and if it ever comes up, I hope I can handle it as well as they did.

And if it’s wearing you out, go to sleep. A 15 year-old can stay awake past her parents. [/quote]

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