How have they managed the lower 6 th lockdown experience?
I have 2 and both have found it stressful , one has just finished their holiday homework and has reverted to being 10 yrs old playing mine craft and gaming all day
The other is still finishing last terms work that they didn’t do during lockdown and making very little progress and has not even started holiday homework . But Is an expert on tiktok and the cat flick eyeliner look !
Neither are very communicative and have done nothing towards their uni applications, I have spoken to them and attempted webinars , I’ve signed them up for virtual open days , ordered prospectuses tried to make a list of places they might like to consider ( yrs I know that’s probably a step too far ) I’ve left them alone with their thoughts but nothing . I can’t get them to understand that this is time they are going to be least busy so they should be thinking and putting together personal statements . There school has also been sending these messages and they are ignoring them ! However they are both 100% sure they are going next year . I suggested leaving it a year , apprenticeships, getting a job Anything really do they didn’t feel pushed into a corner . They are both bright and perfectly capable but I don’t know what else to do .
All the mums I talk to say their kids are pretty clued up with ideas and plans and the kids all tell me their friends have done zero !
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Pinkpeanut27 · 12/08/2020 15:17
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