At this age children still want to be a 'kid' and a young adult at the same time. They wrestle with exhibiting the appropriate behavior depending upon the situation. Sometimes children feel that the same behaviors that were appropriate in middle school are quite acceptable in high school. But in high school, students are faced with eligibility requirements to participate in extracurricular activities. They must earn credits to move from one grade to the next.
Students begin to make career choices.
Attendance and tardiness to school can affect a student's ability to retain the credits they may have earned by passing courses. All of these items mentioned are quite different from middle school. During our meetings with your children, we emphasized that they choose the proper time and place to act like a 'kid' or a young adult. We have often heard that when we lose the kid in us we often forget how to enjoy life. Therefore, we never want any of our students to lose the 'kid' in themselves.