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Sometimes the right decision isn’t always the easy one. Back In July, community member Jennifer was struggling to manage her own work, while also helping her daughter with distance learning. So, we decided to follow up with her to see how she’s doing now. Tune in to find out and what new advice our expert Dr. Kristin Carothers has to share, and learn how you can cope with making difficult decisions.
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Hi, I’m Kristin from the Understood team.
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Back in July, community member Jennifer shared concerns
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about our daughter falling behind in distance learning.
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We reminded her and other families
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that we are all doing our best during a very difficult time.
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So don’t feel guilty if you’re not able to teach your kids
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in the same way that a trained teacher would.
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Let’s follow up with Jennifer and see how she’s doing now.
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She writes:
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“We recently made the difficult decision
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“to send our daughter back to in-person learning.
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“Her virtual program was great, but because of her dyslexia,
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“she needed someone to go through
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“every single lesson with her,
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“and we couldn’t continue with that level of support.
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“The advice to not feel guilty
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“has been really helpful in this situation.
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“It’s a reminder that my best is good enough.”
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I appreciate that you all were able to make
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what was a very difficult decision
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with your child’s best interest in mind.
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I think one thing that’s really important
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for us to remember
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is that there were some children with learning differences
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for whom virtual learning was just fine,
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and they excelled and they enjoyed the experience,
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and there were other children
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for whom virtual learning was really difficult,
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because they didn’t have
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the same social interactions with peers,
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nor did they have the same level of high-quality support
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from teachers specifically trained
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to help them progress academically.
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What’s most important is that you’re doing what works
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for your family, and more specifically, for your child.
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We want our children to grow into healthy human beings
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who know that their needs have been met,
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and we know that not all kids are the same.
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And so I think it’s really important
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that you give yourself some grace and avoid feeling guilty
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for doing what you know is best for your daughter.
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Thanks for watching,
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and don’t forget to click the subscribe button
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for more helpful stories and advice.
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See you next time.
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