My 15yrs old wants to drop out of school because of how the teacher and other students speak to him. He says they either treat him like a 5 yrs old or a crazy person. I can totally see this in other times in his life so I believe it to be true. As a further stab to the heart, he says he just started to feel good about himself and try to interact with the other student — and now “this” happened. As harsh as this sounds, I want him to suck it up and learn to handle these type of things. While he can work on how he presents himself and thus reduce these type of responses, for the most part, one can only control oneself and not others. How can I best guide him? He has gotten himself very upset (crying a lot) about the situation.

Posted by whackamole at 2025-03-19 12:45:42 UTC