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Well, I've only been a parent for 10 months but I feel like it's been a
lifetime! Just the other day my husbabnd gave me a pat on the back and
said,"did I ever tell you, you are a wonderful mother?" That was nice
to hear! And from what I've seen, the first year is the easy part!!
Sandy
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A friend of mine has never been crazy about children. That's her
choice. She is an animal lover and gives her pets the best care
available.
Recently, she spent four days and nights vacationing with me, my
husband and our 8.5 month old son. She told me, that if she were
reincarnated and came back as a child, she would want me for her Mommy.
Knowing her as I do, that was a pat on the back, big time!
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| This is maybe also be for us, the parents, but I simply had to tell someone
about my son's fantastic success in school this last period.
Dirk was abused in the schools before we put him in private schooling. He
still didn't do well and appeared terrified of the teachers which often came
across to the teachers as indifference. Over two years we had endless
conferences and his grades seemed to be on a roller coaster.
This year, he started out the same way and his first term grades were very
disappointing. (He's 13 now in the 8th grade). He had an average of
3.9 out of 7 where 4 is passing. Worse, he had three important subjects,
French, Math, and History/Geography below 4.
Then, suddenly, he got interested in basketball and music and got a "girl
friend", the daughter of one of the music teachers which may explain his
sudden devotion to the trumpet. He worked a bit with the school psychologist
who encouraged his desire to become a professional basketball player.
Well, the end of the story is that we just got his 2nd term notes and he
now has an average of 4.6/7 and all of his notes are over 4 except math where
he has shown definite improvement! He raised the history/geo note from 3.3
to 5! He has 6 in both English and German.
Needless to say, we are extremely proud of him, almost as proud as he is of
himself.
I think one of the keys was putting the responsibility onto him to succeed or
fail. We were taking much of his failure onto ourselves, making excuses due
to his past schooling, etc. It is so wonderful to see him happy and content
and really trying again.
Just had to share this :-)
Cheryl
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