Talking to your Child's Teacher

Hi, everyone! I'm new around these parts. I'm a single mother of a 7-year-old boy, who has recently come into some behavioural issues, stemming from divorce. His teacher and I came up with a wonderful way to communicate and make my son feel involved, and I wanted to share it.

Each day, his teacher writes a note to me about my son's day in a composition notebook. She sends the notebook home with my son, and he hands it to me. I read the note from his teacher and, when I find time (usually after his bedtime), I write a note in the notebook for his teacher to read the next morning. I let her know things that help Alec focus and listen and get the best response here at home, to better help her at school. We are working together to ensure that he gets the most out of school And home that he possibly can, at this point. Also, he sees a guidance counselor each week, to try to vent some of his frustrations.

My son's job is to be the Delivery Guy. He straps on his backpack with pride each morning, knowing that without his help, that special notebook would never make it to its intended destinations. There is nothing in the world as comical, nor as wonderful, as watching that slow grin spread across his face as he shoulders that bright orange pack, adjusts the straps to his liking, and waves as he gets on the bus. My only hope now...is that it continues to work! *laugh*