Do Report Cards Matter? What do they mean and how should we react to them?

Interms, work habits, e-portfolios, student-led conferences, parent-teacher conferences, grades, reports cards!!! In my experiences talking with parents, this topic is one that seems to cause the most stress and is actually a topic that many parents don’t know how to handle.

  • What does meeting expectations mean?

  • If there aren’t grades how do I know how my child is doing?

  • Are we supposed to celebrate good grades?

  • Are we supposed to punish for bad grades?

  • How do I get my kid to care more about their grades?

  • How do I get my child to stress less about their grades?

  • What do I do if my child is failing?

  • Should I attend conferences?

  • Should I meet with the teacher?

  • How do I help my child?

  • Should I help my child?

  • What about once they are in high school?

In today’s podcast, I am going to dive deep into all things report cards and give you my TOP TEN tips meant to help you, the parent, navigate this topic of report cards to end the fighting, the yelling and the stress that you and your child might be having.