The Real Concern

Dear Parents, don't you worry

that your child won't "fit in";

Rather, make quite sure that they

are happy in their skin.

Author's Note

Just a thought as we gear up to go back to school...

Reviews

[Ladysue]

This packs such a profound punch. This should be posted in the hallways at every parent/teacher meeting.. really well put..

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Ladysue! This is a lesson I try to teach every day...

[Ladysue]

A very important one. I am sure your students love you.. :)

[Tom]

Erudite advice indeed ! If the latter is sorted the former need not apply !!

[Rita L. Sev]

True! Thanks, Tom!

[QuietlyCrash]

This is so true! I remember being little and my mom telling me that it doesn't matter who liked me as long as I liked me. I absolutely love this poem i really think more people should live by this, we'd have happier kids.

[Rita L. Sev]

This is a lesson I try to teach in my classes, too - regardless of the subject being taught. Thanks!

[Einstein Noodle]

yes! yes! yes! i am in that cheering squad! well said! love the rhyming ... i think you must be a wonderful and favorite teacher of many ... i bet they come up to you full grown one day to say thanks ..
E.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, E - I have been teaching long enough (this is year 26) that more of my students are grown up than children. When they recall their days in my classes, they don't always remember the lesson, but they always say that they had fun! (and some of them even DO remember the lesson!) ;)

[Einstein Noodle]

more than you think ... that is a long time commitment Rita! very well done! well done indeed!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very very good advice.......

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you, Jacob

[Pryde Foltz]

Absolutely …. important for all of us, I think:)

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Pryde!