“When the principal called me a third time and informed me my son had recorded a teacher on his phone and posted it to Snapchat, I slithered down my wall and cried before going to get him,” says an anonymous writer today. “She explained that while she really liked him and said, ‘He’s a good kid making bad decisions,’ he was in serious danger of expulsion. I was at a loss for what to do — and I told her that.” The experience was profoundly isolating and downright lonely. But this writer also shares what she did to turn it around, and it’s a useful lesson for all of us. Check it out.
Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor |