<p>Why is the parent's forum attracting so many students? Seasonal perhaps? Do they fly away April through October? Just curious...</p>
<p>Because the parents are more likely to give good advice?</p>
<p>Most of the kids who post here want to hear reassuring words from adults - the advice of other kids can only go so far. Every year we seem to have a number who become very close to the parents on the board and really become part of the parents board in a great way. I actually have kept in touch with several who are now off at school as freshman and sophomores and it is always terrific to hear from them.</p>
<p>For OPs, I agree C, but recently, there have been quite a number of students posting reassuring words--or not so reassuring, "oppositional" as the case may be.</p>
<p>Is this migratory?</p>
<p>R--Sorry I missed your T.</p>
<p>I actually wrote and deleted a thread starter about this. I think most of the kids that come "on board" are as Carolyn describes. Then, there are a subset, who at times, choose to become "oppositional" or "irksome". We are all parents of teenagers, we have all dealt with this behavior in our own children at various times- but we are more invested in maintaining a relationship with our own children than we are in doing so with the kids on the board. I have no trouble "ignoring" what I cannot change!</p>