Come and give me a good talking to if you would?
My DC is 15. School asked yesterday if they would perform something today to be recorded for the occasional online newsletter which features a different student's skill/talent each time. "Yeah of course".
Now, I admire the confidence and talent and general very laid back nature which I clearly don't share. But they don't have the new performance piece "ready", and have had almost no time to try and polish it up due to being at classes all evening last night. I suggested they skip classes or come home early, but no "chill, it's fine". My suggestion that polishing up the previous piece might be quicker and a "safer" option has been brushed off. Until half an hour before they need to leave for school... and they are now alternating between the two pieces struggling a bit with both and finally getting very stressed about it.
It is not really a big deal, I just can't help thinking it's a shame they get a chance to "show off" the thing they have put so much effort in to but actually they are almost certain not to do that to it's potential and will fluff quite a lot of it. And I'm annoyed the school gave such little notice. I'm also annoyed they agreed and were so blase about it until starting to throw around stress at the very last minute.
I am genuinely proud and am being supportive and encouraging, but I'm really thinking a lot of things along the lines of "I told you so!" too. So, can you help me to nail the role of chilled out supporter? And to stop caring so much and stressing as if this is my performance and I'm in some kind of classic anxiety dream?!
Sort me out MN?! 😆