I make "little comments" every chance i get. We have a guy, who stands on the side of one of our major highways in town, and acts stupid, to sell "calenders" "hats" ect.....My son said" I can not believe he is doing that!!" I said "well, he probably did not finish school and go to college" Then same goes for "guys on scooters in the rain." I take every chance i get.

thanks mamajohn,i have told her that it is for her best to get a education,i told her so many jobs wont hire you if you don't have a diploma,i think it has sunk in know she isnt giving me any more grief about quiting.she is going to school and coming home telling me she is glad that i told her that i want the best for her.i think she will stay in school now till she graduates.

13 wow, that is a young age to want to quit school..ask her what kind of a job does she think she will be able to get? how far does she think she will get in life. You learn life skills in school..
I had this problem with one of my sons, he disrupted the classes so badly...so I spent half a day at his school, and went to some of his classes with him..he sat, he asked questions and did his work. The teacher explained things to him and he understood..all while I was there...it was another story once I left the school.
Please keep after your daughter and tell her she MUST go to school, it is for her..she's not doing it for anyone but herself....if she doesn't understand stuff in school,speak with her teachers and ask them to explain more to her, and let her stay after school to get a grip on what the subject is about.
Please tell her she will regret not going to school for the rest of her life, and jobs will not keep easy with only an 8th grade education. Good Luck to you both.

I can only tell you what worked for me... am a MOM of 4 kids...one went to college, one dropped out, a second one dropped out, and my last one is currently in 8th grade..
My 3rd child went to a brand new technology high school in NY...he did not stay for long, he quit...then we enrolled him in a GED program...he took 2 tests at the end of 2 months and didn't pass, so he gave up, and once again quit...trying to talk to him and let him know life would be hard without a diploma, he had to find out on his own...he went for 2 good paying jobs in NY --he would have got both, but he was not 18..only 17..so he saw he could not get a full time good paying job also without that HS diploma...he mulled it over in his head over the summer, while visiting his Dad in Mahanoy City...he met the kids and talked to them on his Dad's block...they all are in school and plan to stay..one graduated and has a good job. He called me with this information and said he was ready to go back to school...the wheels were turning in my head, and I came up with an idea.
When he came back to NY I told him he was now going to live at his Dad's and go to school there. It was a good idea. He has not missed a day since he was enrolled in September...he says he really doesn't care for school but knows it's the best thing for him...
and now my daughter and I are moving to Mahanoy so she can go to Mahanoy Middle School and then join her brother in the High School in August.
I stress to my children the importance of education..also telling them that while they are in HS it gives them a chance to see what interests them, and what field of work they may want to do in the future...you get to learn so much in HS..some stuff may bore you, but some stuff you may take a unique interest in...and if you were not taking these clases in HS you would never know what you could really do in life.
Keep at the child, keep stressing how important school is...one day they actually will listen...We. as parents need to keep repeating and not give up on them..
Also, on the other hand you may have a child that won't go to school, will only be a clown in school, disrupting all the other kids, work with that child until you really see school is one place that they just don't fit in...I had that child..he quit at 16 and regrets it more than anything in life...he is 21 now and cant find a job.

i have a daughter who is almost 13 and she wants to quit school and i said no if i have to go to school with you every day you are going to finish. what else can i do .any advice.