I rewarded my child for the effort she put into studying — not the grade she got. She hasn’t even received her results yet. We still have two weeks to wait. But I knew waiting to see her marks before acknowledging her hard work didn’t feel right. So instead, I chose to celebrate the effort. […]
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Sometimes teaching my child feels like taking a donkey to the water. I’m the mum who makes all her study notes to help her—hoping it will make things easier. I sit next to her through the study session, breaking the work into tiny chunks, timing the breaks, laying out snacks and sensory toys, getting everything
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This was a hard one for me to write about. Some kids are good at studying and understanding concepts, and others — like my daughter, who is 12 years old — struggle with everything. And coming to terms with the fact that she just can’t grasp concepts easily and is a slow learner has been
How do you come to terms with the fact that your child might not pass this year. Read More »
Somewhere along the way, we started measuring our children’s worth by the grades they bring home. If they do well, we call them “good kids.” If they don’t, we panic, label, lecture, or silently compare them to the ones who did better. We say things like, “You just need to try harder.” “What happened here?” “I
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