aaarrrggghhhh teenagers

[mopinko]

if you agree with that statement, i am here to tell you that SOMETIMES it gets better.
the middle child of my 5, and the middle of my 3 teenagers is a bright, beautiful, bipolar girl. she has been a nightmare for the last 5 years. out of control behavior, boyfriends from hell, school failure, cutting, hospitalization, doctors from hell. aaarrggghhh.
but she is finally coming around. her meds are stable and good. we got her into a therapeutic day school that is really wonderful.
i talked to her social worker today. they need to find some independent study projects for her, because she finishes her regular work too quickly. they have her tutoring some other students, but she is still in need of more to do. everyone at the school is crazy about her. the social worker says she looks forward to her sessions with her, which is why she is scheduled on mondays. they are doing a play, so that will take up a lot of her time. you could tell it was a pleasant dilemma for the social worker to think up a challenging project for her.
i home schooled this kid for 8 years, and the nightmare stated when we sent her to regular school. i felt like i had utterly failed. but seeing her now, wow, am i proud of her. i guess i did some things right after all.