J. Stauffer

Hi Lynda,

I have a dd much like your son and she has been out of school about 6 years
now. What finally made the difference for her was finding her passion. She
loves gymnastics and is definitely NOT built for it. She is way, way too
tall and leggy to make all that flipping around easy, but still she loves
it. She goes to meets knowing that she won't win, she takes extra classes
so that she doesn't fall behind her friends who are more gifted in that
area.

Between stopping school and becoming self-motivated, she had models of her
Dad and I who have lots of interests and sometimes they come easy and
sometimes they don't. She saw us making decisions and prioritizing what we
wanted to invest our time and selves into.

Julie