BTW, I hate the auto correct on my tablet. It always changes words on me like their to there, and stars to stats.
I am slightly less stupid than I appear through my posts. 
@RightCoaster agreed about track. Not political and I like that. All the kids cheer each other on and always run along side with the last teammate through the finish line. Our S19 is not a star. In fact, heâs been hurt (osgood schlatter) and then had a horrible 10 day virus that kept him out as well. With two weeks left, heâll probably just watch from here on out.
@homerdog hope your son heals up fast. Definitely take it easy, no need to push it. Thereâs always next year. Better to be healthy for the summer.
My son wanted to try winter track in his Freshman year, but he got hurt right before the season started and then got pneumonia and missed the rest of the season. I donât think he even got to run once. He did not do winter track this winter, so I was happy to see him get to try it this Spring.
I can already see how busy next Spring will be for my son with Prom, SAT/ACT, AP test, track meets, club soccer games, etc. My head hurts thinking about it in advance.
@OrangeFish I feel your pain. S17 is in the throes of tech as well (opening night next week) plus Marching Band, plus his job, plus 2 AP tests this week, plus monster homework all weekend related to the 2 AP tests.
@RightCoaster I have the same issue and often feel like I need an auto sig disclaimer on phone posts to excuse all typos.
My younger d is trying track out this year (7th grade). Iâm not sure she will continue beyond this year, but itâs been a learning experience.
Our family doesnât tend to be sporty and athletic and both my girls are introverts. Sports in general are a bit outside our comfort zone. I love that she has given it a shot but also wonât be sad if she doesnât stick with it.
Today was a bit of a rough day for my d19. A 9th grader at her high school committed suicide early this morning. My d didnât know her, but there were lots of crying kids and teachers at school today. She was stressed with homework, tests and quizzes today and the next couple of days as well. I will be so glad to see her finish up with her current English teacher, Iâm ready to start a countdown on the calendar just for that. Sheâs unorganized, lacking in tact and one of those teachers who isnât able to see things from other perspectives. It annoys me (probably more even than d19) especially when it comes to interpreting meanings in writing. They are doing poems currently and her rigidity is more noticeable.
Oh no, @mom2twogirls - I do hope there is not a connection to the â13 Reasons Whyâ craze ⊠We got an email home today from our school, very concerned with it.
They should be @Gatormama Very romanticized depiction of suicide and the ultimate âscrew youâ to all of the bullies.
Same here @Gatormama â today we received an email from school and an email from our pediatricianâs office. High school a short distance from D19âs high school had a student who killed himself last week. 
We got the email too, Iâve talked to the kids about it before but maybe should again
Iâll be honest⊠Iâm kind of annoyed that at least a couple of people in our district have tried to make a connection to the show already.
I watched the show twice, the second time wth my kids. I didnât think it was romanticized and neither did they. Aside from that, there were at least 5 suicides here in the last 4 years. Only one came after the show was released on Netflix. There hasnât been one person who knew this teen who has said she watched or even mentioned the show. Suddenly blaming the show with no evidence isnât right, IMO. Itâs becoming an easy scapegoat.
Our kids have seen it, and weâve discussed it with them; they basically seemed underwhelmed by it and thought it was essentially histrionic. They watched it because âeverybodyâ else was talking about it. Then again, I like to think my kids are well-adjusted. I do think if someone has issues, it might be a catalyst. (Of course, in that scenario, anything could be a catalyst. Things get blamed on media a lot, but youâre right, @mom2twogirls â itâs an easy scapegoat.)
As someone who has worked with depressed young adults , many who have attempted suicide, IMO the series is not an accurate depiction of suicide , minimizes the finality of the act , and romanticized the thought of being able to tell all of your enemies what you really think.
Regardless of various opinions of a tv show, there is no indication that it had anything more to do with yesterdayâs suicide in my dâs high school than it did with any of the other suicides in the last few years.
I am not saying that the show causes suicide , Iâm saying itâs an inaccurate depiction of what actually happens during suicide attempts .
@homerdog I want to go to your XC meets! Where are boys doing 5k in 12 minutes?
I prefer track to XC, but thatâs based on weather. XC season is hot and buggy. If itâs cold at track, I can always go sit in my car. And donât get me started on the 4:45 am wakeup all summer/fall for XC.
@RightCoaster I find track to be a lot more political that XC. Wonât go into it, but have been around some pretty irate parents at track meets this year! But I do like watching the kids who are just out there, doing their best and loving it.
Ugh. Rough day at school for my D19. She had two tests and then after school had a make-up test from Friday when she was on a field trip. Her confidence was shattered after the first one (math, she studied the wrong things apparently??) and then the second one (Euro) involved getting I think 10 question topics earlier, to study for and the teacher pulls two out of a box. The two the teacher randomly selected were the two that she told me that morning were the only two she didnât have time to prep for! So by the time she had her make-up test she was a wreck and she just froze. I feel so bad for her.
Part of this is a Very Bad No Good Day but part of it is her study habits catching up to her. She has mild ADHD and this year is the first one, as schoolâs gotten harder, that sheâs been so negatively affected.
My question! Has anyone here ever hired an educational therapist? What do they do? How do you know if youâve found a good one? Her school counselor answered my worried email by suggesting my D19 meet with an educational therapist regularly. Itâs too late for this year but Iâd like next year to be better, academically, for this kid.
I hadnât heard of an educational therapist. Iâm sorry for your daughter (and you!) because that does sound like a horrible day. Pretty much my daughterâs nightmare test scenario.
@JenJenJenJen â I am sorry for your daughterâs Very Bad No Good Day.
My D19 is medicated for ADHD and anxiety and therefore sees a psychiatrist (to manage the meds), a social worker (weekly â for talk therapy; the social worker is on the youngish side and really âclicksâ with D), and occasionally meets with an academic coach. (Sheâs in the midst of theatre mayhem now and has not met with the coach since March.)
The therapist and academic coach have met and talked with one another over the months (years), so they are very much on the same page re: academic study skills (âexecutive function issuesâ), so the number of times D needs to meet with the coach is reduced. (Honestly, it helps as the coach $$ is not covered by insurance like the psychiatrist and therapist.)
We found our academic coach through word of mouth. Our school system has a parent resource center with staff and resources to assist families facing executive function issues, etc., and we learned about the coach through one of the presenters at a workshop. The psychiatrist and therapist we found through our pediatrician.
There are many executive function, organization, study skills (etc.) resources available online. Perhaps it is something to consider for over the summer. (?) As a side note â D19 is now big into bullet journals. There are lots of resources about bullet journals online, too.
Good luck!
off to google bullet journals⊠@JenJenJenJen, hope your D has a better day.
I googled also! I think Iâve been bullet journaling all my life and somebody just trademarked it.
I usually write short notes to myself several times a week with things I need to do; randomly keeping track by emails to myself or online calendar or bits of paper or even writing on my hand. I donât cross stuff out once Iâve done it - I write DONE next to it, which makes me feel more accomplished.
I guess the major difference is saving it all in one place so you can track back and assess. I donât have time for that âŠlol
But I did save wall calendars for previous years and would go back and look at the year just past as I was filling in the next wall calendarâs dates, and I would reflect on busy times, or when to watch for crises, etc. This seems like a natural outgrowth of that.