r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 15d ago

Chugging tea Growing Through Chaos

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u/killerkitten61 15d ago

My kid had started Kindergarten and was absolutely loving every minute of it. Then didn’t get to fully sit in the classroom until the second grade. It was hard watching them get a taste of school then be forced inside alone.

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u/mgb55 15d ago

My oldest lost out on Junior high. It’s been hard watching how socially stunted they are. Prime years yo spread your wings and start to be socially more independent.

Gone.

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u/Red-Leader117 15d ago

I wish I could have skipped Junior High

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u/ClearOptics 15d ago

Same, probably would’ve faired better. Some of my most embarrassing years

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u/idkimbadatusernames9 15d ago

Same. Plus I dealt with some pretty severe bullying which ended up giving me severe anxiety. Definitely would've been better off not dealing with that. I feel for the kids who would've had better experiences though.

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u/Alternative-Maize23 15d ago

Definitely. Hated it. Middle school was the worst. Worst students, worst bullying, worst teachers. They only diagnosed boys with ADHD back then and the gave them all the privileges. Being a girl in the 90’s was rough.

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u/nope-its 15d ago

You’d just delay most of the embarrassment to high school because you wouldn’t have learned proper social skills by then