My dd always used to take the pressures of school in her stride, but towards the end of her GCSE year she started to buckle. Her final results were good, but in a few key subjects were a lot less than predicted. She described how she panicked in one exam and was in tears when it was over. She got a D on that paper, but thankfully the As she'd achieved in coursework and another exam pulled her up. Now in Year 12 and in a new, very competitive school, her anxiety has really started to build to the point that she says she doesn't see the point of it all, doesn't care anymore, nothing interests her and she just wants to sleep all the time. Her high achieving school has put her on a contract because of her attendance and attitude in class (this is from a girl who always had fantastic reports from her teachers at her previous school). The Head of Year 12 told us that if she breaks the contract I.e continues to come into school late, mucks about in class etc. she'll be asked to leave. And we're still only in the first term! My Dh and I are beside ourselves with worry. How could she change so much in such a short time, from the conscientious little girl who loved to learn, to a stressed out teenager who seems to have lost all enjoyment of school, all motivation and ambition for the future. She used to want to be a palaeontologist, a marine biologist, a zoologist! Now she says she doesn't care and doesn't feel "passionate" about anything. What can I do to help her? What can she do to cope with the stress? Have other parents been through this with their Year 12 children and come though the other side?
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