scaredmomma
01-28-2008, 12:26 AM
I wrote to you last year regarding this issue. My son started senior high this year. He was skipping alot of school last year. Between the school principal and us we got him back on track. Well, this year he is in a new school. None of his friends are in his classes. He had lower grades because of skipping so much last year. Therefore, he is in lower level classes. He keeps skipping school. No matter what I say, he does what he wants. Finally, we took away his video games and put a password on the computer so he can't get in. Basically he has nothing now. I have an appointment tomorrow to bring him to the the psychologist he has been seeing on and off since he was 8. He is 15 now. He has ADD and does take Adderal for it. He only started final semester last year but it really helped. I told him even though school is boring, he still has to go. The guidance councellor at the school has talked to him as well. They told him if he didn't start going to school they would take us to court for truancy. I am at my wits end. Last week he didn't go to soccer practise and called in sick to work as well. He has since quit his job. We had to put our cat down on the weekend. I know this was hard on him but skipping has been going on since the start of the school year. Long before the cat was sick. He doesn't adjust to change well. He wants to take his courses online because "school is so boring". By the way, he only has one core course - science. The rest are construction, phys ed and religion. I have no idea what to do. Please give me some advice. I am getting physically sick myself due to stress.