For some reason my normally confident 13yo seems to be the most susceptible to these attacks. She thinks she's dumb and that other kids her age know so much more than she does. I can't change how my relatives act, but I will do the best I can to help my daughter with her academic self-esteem. I think reading through the Core Knowledge series, What Your nth Grader Needs to Know, will be a good place to start.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Filling gaps
It drives me crazy when people act "shocked!" that my kids don't know (fill in the blank.) All they accomplish is making my children feel stupid. And yeah, it is usually a family member. Come on, people. Everyone has gaps.
For some reason my normally confident 13yo seems to be the most susceptible to these attacks. She thinks she's dumb and that other kids her age know so much more than she does. I can't change how my relatives act, but I will do the best I can to help my daughter with her academic self-esteem. I think reading through the Core Knowledge series, What Your nth Grader Needs to Know, will be a good place to start.
For some reason my normally confident 13yo seems to be the most susceptible to these attacks. She thinks she's dumb and that other kids her age know so much more than she does. I can't change how my relatives act, but I will do the best I can to help my daughter with her academic self-esteem. I think reading through the Core Knowledge series, What Your nth Grader Needs to Know, will be a good place to start.
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