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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is in 4th grade at PBES - bright but didn't make it into CES. Here's what he said to me this morning: "Mom, I'm frustrated - there are so many kids in my class that don't take school seriously and they are getting all of us in trouble. It's like all the good kids are in CES now." Just about broke my heart. I'm all about expanding opportunities but I'm personally worried about kids like my son falling through the cracks at PBES - even more of a concern now that so many of the "strongest students" are removed from the general population.[/quote]
Teach your child that words matter.[/quote]

I’m not sure what you mean by this.[/quote]
I think this a great opportunity to teach compassion and kindness to your son. Empathize with him, and say that you know it’s hard to be in a class full of kids who horse around, but that every classmate of ours deserves our kindness. The “bad” kids perhaps even more so- many of them are going through things at home that are extremely difficult, which can cause them to act out. Encourage your son not to look at it through the lens of “good kids” and “bad kids”, as that can have some pretty ugly consequences.

Source: I’ve been there, done that. I was a disruptive kid when I was younger who didn’t take school seriously. I got in trouble a lot. Your son probably would have called me a “bad kid.” The truth was, my dad had died and my mom had remarried a man who was sexually abusing my sibling and me. I was acting out as a cry for help.There were lots of kids and teachers who wanted nothing to do with me, but a select few teachers and classmates showed me kindness and compassion in a way that I will never, ever forget. If they too would have just written me off as a “bad kid”, I probably wouldn’t be the functional adult that I am today. Encourage your son to do the same- and if he can’t outwardly do it, at least try to reframe his mindset. [/quote]

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