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<blockquote data-quote="Rannveig" data-source="post: 249147" data-attributes="member: 5689"><p>Thank you all so much -- you made me feel a lot better and like I can take control of this situation rather than vice versa. I think my back has been up ever since the library book incident -- that the teacher basically accused my kid of being a thief, and when I replied really nicely (truly!), and it became clear that she might well be wrong, she didn't respond. (Plus I got the sense that if he actually <em>had</em> stolen the books she was looking to blame my parenting as opposed to wishing to partner with me in solving his problem.) The one time when I observed the class I saw my kid with his hand raised endlessly while she seemed to call on everyone else first (and she hadn't met me yet, so it wasn't because I was there), and then she says on his report card that he's not engaged.... I mean, I don't genuinely feel like she cares about or "gets" my sweet son.</p><p></p><p>MWM - No, he's never had a neuropsychologist, but I've made an appointment with our family doctor to see if he thinks we need to explore the absent-mindedness issue further. (husband is in complete denial that there could be an issue, so that makes things harder.) As for social skills: he gets along very well with adults (except this teacher, apparently) and with his older brother's friends but is somewhat overly emotional/teary when he has disagreements with kids his own age. Seems concerned lately about getting bullied but says it's only because he has seen it happen to other kids, not that it's happening to him. It's hard for me to tell if he has many friends because we live in a different area than most of the kids in his class, and there are only a couple of kids his age in our neighborhood. Those friends I've met seem appropriate and likable. Since infancy he has always been wonderfully affectionate with me, but unlike my older son seems to take little interest in nurturing younger kids and pets. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again for all the helpful advice and reassurance -- makes me really glad I posted. And Andy, some of your exact language will soon be flowing from my keyboard....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rannveig, post: 249147, member: 5689"] Thank you all so much -- you made me feel a lot better and like I can take control of this situation rather than vice versa. I think my back has been up ever since the library book incident -- that the teacher basically accused my kid of being a thief, and when I replied really nicely (truly!), and it became clear that she might well be wrong, she didn't respond. (Plus I got the sense that if he actually [I]had[/I] stolen the books she was looking to blame my parenting as opposed to wishing to partner with me in solving his problem.) The one time when I observed the class I saw my kid with his hand raised endlessly while she seemed to call on everyone else first (and she hadn't met me yet, so it wasn't because I was there), and then she says on his report card that he's not engaged.... I mean, I don't genuinely feel like she cares about or "gets" my sweet son. MWM - No, he's never had a neuropsychologist, but I've made an appointment with our family doctor to see if he thinks we need to explore the absent-mindedness issue further. (husband is in complete denial that there could be an issue, so that makes things harder.) As for social skills: he gets along very well with adults (except this teacher, apparently) and with his older brother's friends but is somewhat overly emotional/teary when he has disagreements with kids his own age. Seems concerned lately about getting bullied but says it's only because he has seen it happen to other kids, not that it's happening to him. It's hard for me to tell if he has many friends because we live in a different area than most of the kids in his class, and there are only a couple of kids his age in our neighborhood. Those friends I've met seem appropriate and likable. Since infancy he has always been wonderfully affectionate with me, but unlike my older son seems to take little interest in nurturing younger kids and pets. Thanks again for all the helpful advice and reassurance -- makes me really glad I posted. And Andy, some of your exact language will soon be flowing from my keyboard.... [/QUOTE]
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