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[quote=Anonymous]I have a WWYD for you.

My DD is in first grade.  Her school holds an awards ceremony each marking period recognizing kids for things like effort, behavior, etc; the kids' grades on their report cards are used to determine who meets the criteria for awards (e.g. "honor roll" is Os with no more than 3 Ss).  Parents are only invited to attend if their child receives an award.

At the ceremony, most of the children in DD's class received at least one award.  One child did not receive any.  I don't know this child very well, but he and my daughter are buddies, and he seems like a sweet kid, and a typical first-grade boy.

I was really uncomfortable with the fact that this child alone did not receive any awards.  I understand the idea of recognizing kids for doing well, but things like "honor roll," etc. for first grade seem a little excessive.  I also feel like giving awards out so freely means that the kids who don't get awards are essentially shamed, in a roundabout way, and I don't think that's appropriate for the early elementary grades.

My question to you: this child's parents weren't invited to the ceremony, so they may well have no idea that this is happening to their son.  While I don't know his parents, I do have his mom's email address.  If you were this child's mother, would you want another parent to tell you about this?  I don't quite know what to do. [/quote]

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