I switched my kids to cyber charter school for 2020/2021 when the public had no plan, and they spent a year isolated in our house. My oldest, a junior at the time took it upon herself to apply to boarding school as a repeat Junior. She totally reinvented herself. She had been super shy and hadn’t really connected well at our public school because she spent all her free time at dance. She is a totally different person, with lots of friends, and has matured and developed skills there that she never would have at home. My son spent 8th grade covid year at home. His 9th grade year back in school was a slow adjustment. He also is rather shy. He got a job at a friend’s restaurant which has forced him to converse with adult strangers, and he also has matured. Our daughter flew across the country last summer to visit a friend alone. I was a shy kid and my mom did things for me because I was shy- I make my kids do them!
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