It’s amazing how technology can help or hinder today’s parent. In this example, technology was a help, or at least it has the potential to be. Here’s our latest experience.
I went to pick up R from the sitters the other evening after work. When I got there, she was her usual self. So to get her attention, I told her that I got an e-mail from her teacher that day. All of a sudden she got really quiet and serious. She looked at me and asked, “Did she say I’ve been good?” She said this in a really quiet and hesitant tone. She sounded very uncertain – which for those of you that know R, is unusual. Knowing that my conversation with her teacher was actually about setting up a time slot for parent teacher conferences, but with a mention of what a joy R is to have in class, I told her that actually her teacher says she has been good lately.
With that, she pepped up again and was the same R, alive and full of energy.
The next day she had school and J went to pick her up. He got the daily report from the teacher, which was good. As soon as R heard the teacher tell J that she had a good day, R turned around and hollered back to the teacher “Make sure you e-mail my mommy and tell her!”
Perhaps knowing that mommy has the potential to interact with the teacher via e-mail is a good thing. We’ll see how things go from here.
-A
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