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We Need To Do Better: On “Bad Kids” And “Fixing” The System
This is part two, after sharing my thoughts last week. I wanted to say thank you to everyone for your comments and for reaching out. Parents, you’re not alone. Watch Part 1: We Need To Do Better: A Mom’s Thoughts On The School System and The Kids In It
We Need To Do Better: A Mom’s Thoughts On The School System and The Kids In It
This is a long and personal video, but I hope you’ll watch and let me know your thoughts. Parents, educators, and people who work with children, especially. Join in the conversation on my Facebook page. Watch Part 2: We Need To Do Better: On “Bad Kids” And “Fixing” The System Photo by kazuend on Unsplash
A Mom’s Thoughts On The Last Day Of The School Year
A rant for the last day of school. WE MADE IT. And I don’t do gifts, but I do words and I wanted to make this video to say thank you to some seriously amazing humans who had an impact on our family through the school system this year. Thank you. We live in a
Standardized Testing Is Destroying Our Kids’ Self Worth
If you have kids in a school in Ontario, you might already been familiar with EQAO or the Education Quality and Accountability Office. In a nutshell, EQAO = standardized testing for our kids to get a measurement of how kids in Ontario are doing in school. But after I watched my son melt down in
To All The Parents Who Have Kids Struggling In School
If you have a child who is struggling within the school system, this rant is for you. I want you to know you’re not alone. I can’t tell you how many parents I’ve shared this conversation with, yet it’s so easy to think we’re the only ones struggling. The system doesn’t work for everyone. It’s
My Rant On Kids Struggling in School
Every Monday I go for a run. After I run, I hit record on my iPhone. This week I hit record after I had an epiphany about my son’s school struggles. Look how cute they are!! In the words of a retired special education teacher: “Michelle, don’t stress. It will all work out. It always
MOOOMMMMM! I HATE SCHOOL.
As your Facebook news feed continues to flood with happy pictures of kids going back to school, and your child screams and cries at the thought of going to school, know you are not alone. For us, it usually began about a week before school started. The whining, the inability to fall asleep, mood swings,
Is it My Kid or the System?
Recently I had the opportunity to coordinate and attend a conference on mental health and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It was friggin’ awesome. I had access to incredible people, their experience, education and knowledge. Over drinks, a group of us got chatting about our kids. The conversation quickly turned into how each of us