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EPISODE · Dec 14, 2020 · 7 MIN

Ask Margaret - When Your Parent-Teacher Conference Doesn't Go So Well

from What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms · host Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson

This week Margaret’s talking about parent-teacher conferences, after writing about her own most recent conferences on our social media. At one of the conferences, Margaret heard amazing things: her child is thriving, reading above grade-level, adored by all.  But she's also had conferences when she heard her kids were struggling, not sitting still, NOT performing at grade level. (Amy has also had both kinds of parent-teacher conferences, by the way.) Some kids are built for school, and they will thrive in that environment. Others will find it much harder. But your kid’s A-plus, or C-minus, is not your own. As a parent, you're in communication with the teacher as an advocate for your kids, but you’re not there to make sure your kid's school experience– or life– turns out perfectly. It's crucial to keep that in mind when we have parent-teacher conferences: we’re not there to find out whether WE passed the test. Link to Margaret's thoughts here: https://twitter.com/WFHpodcast/status/1336079462941806592 * Leave us a rating or review in your favorite podcast app! * Join us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatfreshhellcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatfreshhellcast * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhatFreshHellPodcast * Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/whatfreshhellcast * Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFHpodcast * questions and feedback: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Margaret’s talking about parent-teacher conferences, after writing about her own most recent conferences on our social media. At one of the conferences, Margaret heard amazing things: her child is thriving, reading above grade-level, adored by all.  But she's also had conferences when she heard her kids were struggling, not sitting still, NOT performing at grade level. (Amy has also had both kinds of parent-teacher conferences, by the way.) Some kids are built for school, and they will thrive in that environment. Others will find it much harder. But your kid’s A-plus, or C-minus, is not your own. As a parent, you're in communication with the teacher as an advocate for your kids, but you’re not there to make sure your kid's school experience– or life– turns out perfectly. It's crucial to keep that in mind when we have parent-teacher conferences: we’re not there to find out whether WE passed the test. Link to Margaret's thoughts here: https://twitter.com/WFHpodcast/status/1336079462941806592 * Leave us a rating or review in your favorite podcast app! * Join us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/whatfreshhellcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/whatfreshhellcast * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhatFreshHellPodcast * Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/whatfreshhellcast * Twitter: https://twitter.com/WFHpodcast * questions and feedback: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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