Sometimes parent teacher conferences are nothing more than me and a teacher smiling at each other and agreeing that we both like my child. That means everything is going well. Other conferences consist of me and the teacher puzzling over a problem and outlining a solution. Then there are the conferences where the teacher and I spend time commiserating, but neither of us knows how to get a handle on the issue. In today’s conferences, I had one of each. Patch is taking to kindergarten like a fish takes to water. Link has been marking time at school without working so that he can get home and do the things he really cares about. His teacher and I have figured out how to corner him and require him to work before he plays. Gleek has two teachers who love her like I do, who see the same issues that I do, and who are as baffled as I am about how to help her with them. The rapport is nice, solutions would be nicer. Unfortunately I think that the solution is ultimately developmental. As Gleek matures, today’s major issues will disappear. They’ll probably morph into tomorrow’s issues, but if I spend time pondering that I will curl into a ball and cry.
In short, I’ve now got a newly expanded parenting “To Do” list. The thought makes me tired.
Yay! For happy good Parent Teacher Conferences!
We had a P/T conference where LightningBoy’s teacher and Ross and I got to discuss how cool he is… with a small blip of : How come he seems to know what he’s doing at school, and yet takes an hour to complete 3 math problems at home (and gets them wrong?).
We also got to talk to LightningBoy’s ELP teacher and she told us more about the program that they are studying this year “Exobiology”. I’m jealous! It sounds like so much fun!
We also talked to the school counselor. She feels like one of our teachers, we talk to her so often about both kids, but mostly SoccerGirl. 🙂
She’s been sooo helpful and supportive.
SoccerGirl’s went well too. Her teacher absolutely adores her and singles her and another student out for special art lessons. We had to agree that so far, SoccerGirl acts her best at school (and her very worst at home for some reason!argh.), has learned how to use her words to tell someone NOT to touch her, and it seems that in general her shyness protects her from unwanted attention and touching.
Plus, she’s a smart girl and doing well with her school work. yay!
That sounds like a win to me!
(if only we could make things better at home without compromising the “good at school”.)
Good luck with your issues and new parenting To Do list.
You can do it!
Re: Yay! For happy good Parent Teacher Conferences!
I’m glad you have a good support team at your school. It makes all the difference in the world.