Hi all
Need some advice as not sure what to do. My 9 year old DD is falling behind at school. Her teacher has said she struggles to focus and they are constantly having to move her as she is chatting and not focused on the work. I have always noticed she is the kid that just can’t sit still. When we do homework is it almost impossible to get her to focus for more than a few minutes and it always ends in arguments. Because of this I worry we don’t spend proper time with her because it’s soul destroying trying to get her to do anything and also because we end up doing it quite late as we are both working and have another younger child to deal with.
I was always a chatterbox at school so I don’t know whether she is just her mothers daughter or if this is something more. I also don’t want to label a child just because she is easily distracted and lacks focus and to be honest motivation.. this could just be who she is.
So my question is how do you know? Should I be worried? How do I help a child like this navigate a school system? Is it us and that we don’t spend enough time with her on school work?
she also won’t speak to us about issues at school unless we bring up a problem unrelated and to do with her behaviour. Her teacher says she is always asking for 121’s but then the problem is really mundane stuff like mum is decorating my room and waiting for packages while when she does speak to us she says she is having problems with boys in her class.. but never says this to the teacher.
Any thoughts/ advice would be appreciated.