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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dd just failed out of college in a big way.  Stopped going to classes, stopped doing work, etc, sleeping all day.
She's smart (test scores, etc), but has depression and ADHD and shows no signs of trying to manage it .

So, please tell me your stories if you had kids who failed out.  What does the next 5 years look like for them?  Any words of advice?  We don't live well together, so this is going to be stressful.[/quote]

This was kind of me 20 years ago. I didn't fail out, but I transfered back home and finsihed at the local state school while living with my parents. Oddly, I had an internship all through college even while this was going on. I ended up graduating from the local school a couple years later and that internship turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to me. I loved the work and now I have my own company in the same business. I should have gone to therapy but with immigrant mc parents it was never brought up once. I would say to make sure that they get structure back in their lives and provide them support to do well/feel good about themselves. If they were previously a high achiever they will hopefully get past this. [/quote]

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