Working With Teachers: Showing Them Your Child's Strengths
If your child is struggling in school, chances are that his teacher doesn't know much about him outside of those challenges. This can make the classroom a negative environment for your child....
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Parents can help teachers understand their children better, so that they can work with them more effectively, by bringing that child's interests and passions and gifts and strengths and talents into school. If a child is struggling with reading, it's often the case that the teacher doesn't see all those wonderful things about the child. They see the child struggling. They see the child frustrated. They might see the child acting out, and they don't necessarily see that wonderful child that the parent sees. The beautiful, you know, love of life and excitement, enthusiasm about something. And it's so important that teachers see that side of the child, and unless the parent brings that to the teachers awareness and explains it. B...
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Parents can help teachers understand their children better, so that they can work with them more effectively, by bringing that child's interests and passions and gifts and strengths and talents into school. If a child is struggling with reading, it's often the case that the teacher doesn't see all those wonderful things about the child. They see the child struggling. They see the child frustrated. They might see the child acting out, and they don't necessarily see that wonderful child that the parent sees. The beautiful, you know, love of life and excitement, enthusiasm about something. And it's so important that teachers see that side of the child, and unless the parent brings that to the teachers awareness and explains it. B...
