Yes, I am bragging. Best parent/teacher conference EVER.

[LaraMN]

I met with SophieMN's teacher for her first kindergarten conference of the school year, today.
Sophie's doing very well academically, which is great, but the best part was the teacher's characterization of my girl sprout. She said Soph is "an absolute delight," and that she's an incredibly mature, kind, good little person. She related an incident that occurred last week, and started CRYING over the empathetic manner in which Sophie handled an insult from another student. She actually thanked me for doing such "a great job" of raising Sophie. I will remember this when Sophie is sixteen and tells me I'm the worst mom ever. :D

I'm completely beaming; I'm so proud of my little gal.

[billyskank]

1. Well done, smarty pants.

:hug:

:yourock:

:D

[LaraMN]

8. This is probably the cosmos building me up for NoelMN's

conference, later today.

:scared:

:rofl:

[billyskank]

11. Hopefully parent/teacher conferences are not a zero-sum game.

;)

[LaraMN]

15. That's my hope, as well.

I know Noel didn't meet his reading goal.
The stupid program they have requires the kids to read *certain* books and test on them.
Noel wants to read (lengthier) books that he finds compelling- the program doesn't exactly enable that.
It's stupid. Education should nurture a love for reading; that's not what the system does.

[DarkTirade]

2. You gotta get it in writing.

Or maybe even a recording of the teacher saying that. Otherwise the 16 year old SophieMN won't believe you. :)

[KitchenWitch]

3. You rock as a mom!

:applause:

[LaraMN]

9. All signs point to: I at least don't completely suck.

:P

[Dora]

4. Way to go, Mom.

Raising them right, you are.

[NewJeffCT]

5. It must be that time of year for kindergarten conferences

Congratulations on the good review! Did you have any doubts?

Our daughter had hers yesterday, too. It was also very positive.

But, I'm sure when Sophie is 16, she will ask you for a videotaped & notorized version of the teacher saying you did a great job raising her...

[mzteris]

6. it's nothing

the rest of us didn't already know!

It always feels good to hear it, though, doesn't it?

:applause:

:yourock:

[LaraMN]

10. It does!

I know what Sophie's like at home, but how kids behave at school can be another story.
It's always rewarding to hear that someone who spends a lot of time with your child thinks you're doing a good job.

:D

[Pierre.Suave]

7. Thats awesome

I can assure you, none of my parent/teacher conferences ever went that well...

LOL

[LaraMN]

13. Mine either. I always got in trouble for being disruptive.

:bounce:

[Pierre.Suave]

17. I wasnt disruptive, but...

I was usually told that despite my obvious intelligence, I lack the desire to do the work required to succeed, blah blah blah...

Fast forward to today and here I am about to start med school next fall...

How does that work again?

[underpants]

12. Oh godI can hardly wait until Josie gets to history class

I am just going to LOVE the phone calls asking me who in the HELL Howard Zinn and Naomi Klein are

[tigereye]

14. way to go!

good job for both of you!


isn't it great when other adults tell you how cool your kids are? I had a similar P-t meeting last month about my son.

[LaraMN]

16. Thanks! I'm so proud of her (obviously!)

My foremost goal for my kids is that they grow up to be good, empathetic, caring people. To hear that Sophie's already exhibiting related characteristics is really encouraging.

[huskerlaw]

18. Oh fabulous!!

Not that I had any doubts.

I'm sure the teacher enjoyed the conference too. I don't think they often get to give such a glowing report.

Props to both you and Sophie!

:yourock:

[AlCzervik]

19. Thats awesome!

She sounds like a wonderful girl. I think my daughter is great but it's really nice to hear it from a more objective course.

[sasquatch]

20. So when you dropped her on her head it didn't affect her too much

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[Beausoir]

21. Pats on the back are very rare in your line of work! Enjoy a well deserved one.

[Beer Snob-50]

22. excellent!!

however did YOU cry? if my wife had a conference like that for her spawn, she would have been crying. our oldest son was honored as most improved in track last year and she was crying her eyes out.

[dpbrown]

23. Well done!

I can only hope...

[Beausoir]

25. Wow. Just..wow.

What a breathtakingly beautiful child.

[dpbrown]

27. What a sweet thing to say

Thank you very much!

[Midlodemocrat]

24. Color me not surprised.

Everything you say about your kids reeks with love and devotion and it shows.

:applause:

:hug: to SophieMN

[NewWaveChick1981]

26. If she's any reflection of her mom, she's got it made!

:hi: :D You really should be proud of SophieMN! :thumbsup: