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<blockquote data-quote="ksm" data-source="post: 701963" data-attributes="member: 12511"><p>Has anyone done this...emancipate your child (not necessarily Difficult Child)? </p><p></p><p>Our youngest is 16. She is not our main Difficult Child, but has acted out a bit, but doing pretty good now. She turns 17 in June 2017. She has been working with her high school guidance counselor and wants to do a GED Plus program. Our school is on trimesters, and the first trimester ends in two weeks. The counselor has talked to daughter and said she will make an appointment with us to discuss this option. </p><p></p><p>If we OK the program, daughter would go to a learning center from 9 to 2, will work at her own speed, will take four required classes online at the center. Her counselor is pretty positive that daughter could complete the required classes in 3 or 4 months. She would get a HS diploma from our regular school...not a GED certificate. She could participate in the graduation ceremony. </p><p></p><p>If we do this, she will be a HS graduate at 16. But would turn 17 a couple months later. This is where the emancipation idea comes up. She wants to do volunteering in another state. She wants to buy a car. Etc. she can't buy a car in her name and insure it til 18. But, if legally emancipated, would she be able to do that? I need to check with some of the agencies that take volunteers. The ones involved it our church do after graduation, but for most teens, they would be 18... Some of these programs are out of the country...</p><p></p><p>We are considering checking in to the GED Plus, as she seems to have more anxiety at school. She is very bright, but gets stressed at school. The school is very large, at least for our area, and there tends to be lots of drama.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, all these questions are going thru my head. Any ideas???</p><p></p><p>KSM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ksm, post: 701963, member: 12511"] Has anyone done this...emancipate your child (not necessarily Difficult Child)? Our youngest is 16. She is not our main Difficult Child, but has acted out a bit, but doing pretty good now. She turns 17 in June 2017. She has been working with her high school guidance counselor and wants to do a GED Plus program. Our school is on trimesters, and the first trimester ends in two weeks. The counselor has talked to daughter and said she will make an appointment with us to discuss this option. If we OK the program, daughter would go to a learning center from 9 to 2, will work at her own speed, will take four required classes online at the center. Her counselor is pretty positive that daughter could complete the required classes in 3 or 4 months. She would get a HS diploma from our regular school...not a GED certificate. She could participate in the graduation ceremony. If we do this, she will be a HS graduate at 16. But would turn 17 a couple months later. This is where the emancipation idea comes up. She wants to do volunteering in another state. She wants to buy a car. Etc. she can't buy a car in her name and insure it til 18. But, if legally emancipated, would she be able to do that? I need to check with some of the agencies that take volunteers. The ones involved it our church do after graduation, but for most teens, they would be 18... Some of these programs are out of the country... We are considering checking in to the GED Plus, as she seems to have more anxiety at school. She is very bright, but gets stressed at school. The school is very large, at least for our area, and there tends to be lots of drama. Anyway, all these questions are going thru my head. Any ideas??? KSM [/QUOTE]
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