Wellness Panel

Last night I was a parent on a panel filled with students and parents. The students spoke so honestly. They chocked me up. The first one said he did not care about school until his junior year when he fell in love with drama. Mr. Forte's son talked about not getting enough sleep and to be easier on himself. The 3rd talked about not being seen at home by his family and he is on his own. Last was Grace who talked about taking 2 ap's last year which were too much for her with her learning differences. So vulnerable. 

I felt I should not be on the panel. So I kept mine short and sweet. One question was asked of us what was our best parent king moment and our worst. The best that came to mind was after Riley was jumped. I was mad wanted to fix the situation. Wanted to cry. And when I sat down with Riley a calm came over me and I told Riley that as his mother I loved him more than anything. That I hated he had to go through this situation. But he had. He survived. And he was going to learn what to do if something even close to that ever happened again. 

The worst parenting. Wow manybut probably  whenever I felt so angry and had just lost my cool.