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[quote=Anonymous]I have to admit there's a little braggy mama inside of me who is disappointed that the kids can't come home with straight As or anything.. Bu this is elementary school (ours report cards were similar when I was little.. just a check, check plus or check minus).

The more I think about it, the more I find it a relief. The kids aren't competing with each other (my two, I mean), and they don't have to sweat the small stuff, as it were. It's enough for them to know they're doing fine.

Both got straight Ps, except one got one I. That "I" tells us a lot actually (though I did have to ask the teacher what it meant... it had to do with explaining what was read. Which is something that child does struggle with.) So as a parent, I also don't have to worry. I know one weakness one child has, and that otherwise, all is well. That child will work on said weakness (if he feels like it) and I am discouraged from helicopter-parenting. Makes for more relaxed parenting, which you might think is lazy, but I think it allows the children to take more ownership of their school experience.[/quote]

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