She is 14 years old and trying to get to 8th grade but just can't... She is brilliant, (She took some sort of "smartness" test that I don't know too much about and was in the 99%), she is beautiful, she has rich parents, she doesn't want much in the way of designer clothes or phones or anything like that but if she did I have no doubt that she'd get it. She has fun at school or at least doesn't find it horrible. Everyday after school and on the weekends she is cheery and happy and fun to be around. Why can't she get to school? My parents having to physically get her out of bed put her clothes on and drag her through the school door and leave while she cries and refuses the whole way but once they leave, and there is no way she is getting away from it, she is fine, has fun with her friends, does whatever a wonderful person does in a well above average school. That seems to be her only problem. On days where she can't be forced to get to school she feels fine once she's not going. She often goes to school after hours for their football games and activities and things of that nature. My parents thought she was the problem at first, so they sent her to a mental institution for a while, thought she was rehabilitated. She still was unable to get into school. My parents thought public school was the problem then, so they sent her to the private school of her choice for what I would call and exorbitant amount of money, (they could send her to college twice over for that amount of money), she loves it but still can't walk in the doors. They really want this to work so they've been trying to get her in for two or three weeks now and there is only about a 50/50 success rate. Today my dad decided that it was her again, it's not the school. Since it is still the trial run he won't take that much money out of his retirement for the exact same thing that happened at the public school. I don't blame him. She is breaking our family. My father feels awful. My mother feels awful. I feel slightly sad about my sister and awful that my father feels awful and that the fact that she is starting to cause tension between my mother and father. (not too much for it to jeopardize their relationship yet.... yet) I have no idea what I can do to help. I might not even be able to help but is there something that any of us can do? What is the problem? Do we get her more counseling? Do we change it from once a week to twice or three times a week? Do we mess with her medicine that she is taking that is almost totally dedicated to reducing anxiety? I'm lost and she needs help.