I cannot muddle my teens through any longer

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DD 13 has just walked off from her live lesson call. I don't blame her really. She's utterly utterly flat and frustrated and bored and fed up with looking at screens all freaking day. I've spent weeks alongside her pottering in the kitchen whilst she and her siblings work online trying to keep them upbeat. I'm done too.

She’s not alone op. Lots of kids are feeling the same this time around. All kids should be prioritised to get back to school not just certain years. It needs to be a rota system across all year groups to be fair.

Can you tell the school she needs a day as she is struggling, have a good weekend and get back to it Monday?
I have 12 and 10 yr old, and we build regular breaks in, for a little walk down the road to get a tango ice blast, or post a letter. Just breaking it up. Oldest prefers to plough through but youngest needs to know when the next break is. I also think the live lessons are very stressful, that seems to be when mine will have a melt down. Luckily not more live lessons than 2 X 30 mins a day for youngest and 100 mins for oldest.
It's an absolute nightmare, I don't think the school will be surprised if you message or call them. But keep in contact with them?
Good luck, you are not the only one.

I considered giving her a day off but honestly I think it's a slippery slooe and she'll keep "needing" more and more.

We are struggling a bit two...

I do feel the government, Ed dep and teachers can’t win though, last lockdown every moaned that the online lessons were too lapse, no structure, not enough face to face learning and this time round it’s much more intense, all day face to face and more work and we are still moaning.

I have to say in terms of my girls mental health I much preferred the way things were last time, we could dip in and out, and we spent all our days with ponies, in the garden and eating cake with lots of reading and we were all much happier (though I know the weather played its part in that too)

My son is at college and only doing two days a week. Honestly the teaching he is getting rubbish. Last week they sent some power points through and that was it for the entire day. He is already struggling as he has done nothing since last March. Not made new friends in his college. And spends most of his time online playing friends with people he plays with from all over the world.

His sleep pattern is all over the place as I’m at work during the day and can’t make sure he gets up. Honestly I don’t know what else to do for him. He is missing out on so much.

DD's school and a friends boys school (both private) have both given their students "Metal Wellbeing" days, and given them the day off to do something other than staring at their screens. They still have to get up and log on, but then have been given lists of creative or physical things they can do during the day, logging back on at the end of the day, and sharing what they got up to. I think it is an excellent idea. Perhaps you could suggest your school could do something similar? So a day off, but still with some structure.

Your not alone.

My dc are burned out.
I’m exhausted, I can’t not HS and wfh.
My anxiety is through the roof even though nothing has happened.
Not sure how to do this til the Easter holidays.

Just do the absolute bare minimum to get by, we are crawling to half term now.