Questions tagged [school]
The child's performance at school, how school rules, situations and other issues may affect the child, etc.
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Should I as a stepfather wake-up every school day, help prepare the kids and bring them to school together with the mother? [closed]
I am 23 years old stepfather, my wife is 10 years older than me and has 2 children. ATM we have only one child at home.
I love to help my wife so I used to wake up with her to help her with her kids. ...
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Teacher telling 4th grade student "I hate you"
Long story short my 9 year old informed me that her teacher told her, "I hate you." The principal conducted an investigation and 1 child said they heard the teacher say something to my child ...
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Why won't schools allow students to repeat a year?
In a little over a year time our child will have to pick a secondary education (in the Netherlands).
Throught friends with older children I have heard stories of children who were refused to repeat a ...
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How to tackle teenage arrogance
We recently got involved in helping our teenage child with a piece of college work, where they were asked to talk about how the theory they'd learned on the course had influenced their practical work. ...
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17 year old boy being out of control
I'm a 23 year old sister who's worried about her brother. He's 17 years old.
Our parents got separated last year after having an abusive relationship for decades, and now my two younger siblings and I ...
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How to Prepare for the First Day of School
My son is 3 years old and will attend his first day of school when he goes to Kindergarten in two years. He currently stays home during the day with his mom and two younger siblings while I work. He ...
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Teacher appoints child to register who isn't silent when he is gone for 10 minutes (4th grade, 9 years old)
Is it appropriate for a 4th-grade teacher (whose students are 9 years old) to assign a student to monitor the classroom and record the names of those who do not remain quiet when the teacher is absent ...
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How to handle teenage daughter that refuses to listen
My fiance and myself have a 16 year old daughter, which was hers from a previous relationship but I've raised with her since our daughter was about 6 months old. We also have 3 other kids together, a ...
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My son (6) is being hit at school and my options feel exhausted
I'm not quite sure where to start so I'll just jump right in. This incident started on my son's first day of school; he told me as we were coming home that he was hit. I asked him why, how, who, etc. ...
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Taking days off from kindergarten
As a parent, our child takes days off from kindergarten for important family events or when sick. I would like to think that the stakes are low for kindergarten in general and a family fun day, ...
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Because of bullying, my grandchild will not go to school. What can we do?
My 11yo grandchild just started high school. She went for two days and will not go back. When she was at small school she was bullied and now she's experiencing the same thing because the same girls ...
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My son asks his mother not to write to teacher, should you keep his wishes?
I live in Japan and discipline is all controlled by the school teacher. My son goes to the local normal state elementary school. One boy's bad behavior is to block him from entering the classroom. We ...
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My daughter doesn't want to do as instructed
Among other problems, my daughter doesn't want to write as instructed.
For example, I help her with some homework, like "My measures" where we need to write how tall she is, her arm, etc.
We ...
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School told my daughter Charlie Chaplin’s speech was “offensive”
Context: New Jersey, USA.
For a school activity celebrating different cultures, my daughter (11 years old) and I built a presentation on Ireland (most of my family is Irish and Scottish descent). As ...
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16 Year Old, Trying to Deal with Strict, Invasive Parents. What Do I Do?
I'm 16 years old, in my jr year of high school, yet still my parents are treating me like I'm 12. My metal health has suffered a ton and at this point I really don't know what to do. This website is ...
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