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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 71648" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>AllStressedOut,</p><p></p><p>I completely understand that you want to make a good impression with the new school. But, don't ever forget that you are the expert on your own kids, and you don't have to prove yourself to them. You are a good mom, as evidenced by your posts here.</p><p></p><p>With the school, sometimes they have to learn things from experience. With my difficult children school last year, I provided them with all the information about the techniques we use at home with difficult child, and then let them loose to learn how to adapt them to the school setting. I was adamant about food because, like your difficult child, mine has terrible reactions to foods. It's idiosyncratic...there's not one single substance that he reacts to, it's all over the map (lemons and cranberries, bad, broccoli and coffee, good) I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all the banned foods, and give it to the school, with updates whenever I discover something new.</p><p></p><p>The school cafeteria lady had a copy posted behind the counter, and would take things off difficult child's tray if they weren't allowed.</p><p></p><p>Go easy on yourself. They will make mistakes, but they'll also get to know you and your son, and come to understand what makes him tick. I know you want to fast-track the process, but a lot of people need to learn by their own experience.</p><p></p><p>The communication book, as described by Marguerite, worked very well for us too. We used something like that during the last couple of school years. Now the teachers have a much better understanding of us, and when difficult child tries to lie about something that happened in school, we have a document signed by his teachers to back us up in stating the clear facts.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there.</p><p>All the best,</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 71648, member: 3907"] AllStressedOut, I completely understand that you want to make a good impression with the new school. But, don't ever forget that you are the expert on your own kids, and you don't have to prove yourself to them. You are a good mom, as evidenced by your posts here. With the school, sometimes they have to learn things from experience. With my difficult children school last year, I provided them with all the information about the techniques we use at home with difficult child, and then let them loose to learn how to adapt them to the school setting. I was adamant about food because, like your difficult child, mine has terrible reactions to foods. It's idiosyncratic...there's not one single substance that he reacts to, it's all over the map (lemons and cranberries, bad, broccoli and coffee, good) I keep a detailed spreadsheet of all the banned foods, and give it to the school, with updates whenever I discover something new. The school cafeteria lady had a copy posted behind the counter, and would take things off difficult child's tray if they weren't allowed. Go easy on yourself. They will make mistakes, but they'll also get to know you and your son, and come to understand what makes him tick. I know you want to fast-track the process, but a lot of people need to learn by their own experience. The communication book, as described by Marguerite, worked very well for us too. We used something like that during the last couple of school years. Now the teachers have a much better understanding of us, and when difficult child tries to lie about something that happened in school, we have a document signed by his teachers to back us up in stating the clear facts. Hang in there. All the best, Trinity [/QUOTE]
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