You have been sitting in Individual Educational Plan (IEP) meetings for 10 years. Almost every time you walk away completely exhausted and exasperated, both with my child and with the school. On more than a few occasions, you have been on the brink of, if not past, yelling, at the school, not your kid, something you try to do in private. Many times you have cried in your car afterwards.
Today was my second to last IEP meeting and it was standing room only in that little room in the counseling office. Teachers and staff lined up to give feedback on your daughter. You were floored with the gushing of compliments. You finally had to remind them that you had to get her head out the door, so one teacher admitted that your daughter was on her phone today and often forgets to charge her laptop. That was it.
Ten years ago, this kid was a major disruption in class on the daily. During that time you questioned your ability to mother her in a way that would make her a good citizen of this