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We should also be careful not to interpret every look as one of disdain when our kids are not behaving their best. Once I was waiting for an elevator with my DS who was in his stroller in one of his rare quiet moods. When the elevator arrived, a lady walked out with a toddler screaming in his stroller. I gave her what I thought was a sympathetic smile because I had so been there but she looked daggers at me and snarled " I suppose yours are perfect!" and stormed off. I was so shocked but also really upset that she thought I was looking down on her. I almost ran after her to tell her she had misunderstood but I thought better of it.
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This is going to sound gross to many but this happened to a close friend of mine in England. The lactation consultant advised that she get her husband to suck on her breasts - I kid you not. After getting over the shock they decided that their DS who was a preemie was worth it. They tried it and it worked really well. From being practically dry she said she was overflowing.
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Pollyanna (and others) are these extra letters of recommendation (beyond teacher recommendations) important? Did you have these letters when you applied and, if so, do you think they influenced the admission outcome? Do these letters come across negatively (i.e., creating a "thick file")?
Pollyanna (and others) are these extra letters of recommendation (beyond teacher recommendations) important? Did you have these letters when you applied and, if so, do you think they influenced the admission outcome? Do these letters come across negatively (i.e., creating a "thick file")?
We did not add any extra letters in the end.
The problem with such a thing is that the letter will either not say anything concrete because the writer does not know the child, in which case the reader will be able to tell by the absence of detail, or it may say things that do not align with recs from teachers who obviously know the child. Very shaky ground indeed.
I happen to know very well a former admissions director of one of the "big 3" that I was applying to for my DS last year. She is a very close friend of my mother but she had only met my son once. I know that if I had asked her she would have written a letter of recommendation for my son but I did not, not least for the reasons stated above as well as, of course, that I would be asking her to lie. It did not sit well with me.
I happen to know very well a former admissions director of one of the "big 3" that I was applying to for my DS last year. She is a very close friend of my mother but she had only met my son once. I know that if I had asked her she would have written a letter of recommendation for my son but I did not, not least for the reasons stated above as well as, of course, that I would be asking her to lie. It did not sit well with me.
Would be very much appreciated. I would really like something that covers emotional, social, cognitive and behavioral development.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
My DC had an imaginary friend until he was about 4 years old - also an only child. He now has a "secret language world" - sort of a parallel universe with strange creatures that he draws for me. He sometimes speaks in a strange dialect too and I am required to respond in the same dialect. In all other respects he's quite normal - then again how would I know since I participate in his fantasies.