Parent-Teacher Conference

Paul and I had Anna’s first parent-teacher conference yesterday. Looks like she’s on track to become an evil genius.

 

Pro:

-She’s above average in her cognitive and verbal skills. Though she’s know her ABC song for awhile, she only knows like a few letters and a few numbers but apparently that’s a step ahead. She knows her colors and shapes and stuff too.

 

Con:

-Teacher says she tries to keep Anna challenged with new things because she gets punchy or something when she’s bored. I’m not so sure about that, myself. I’ve never seen her get in trouble or punchy because she’s bored. But I guess if she’s bored and school and has other kids to potentially go over to and torment, I could see the draw.

 

Pro:

She’s a natural leader and helper.

 

Con:

That means she’s Miss Bossy Boots and also a little aggressive when her friends invade her personal space. Also she likes to go over and take away toys. Frankly I think there more pros to that, but we will just have to teach her to use her powers for good and not evil.

 

Pro:

She is learning what remorse and sympathy is, as well as what other people’s feelings are about.

 

Con:

Now she’ll be prone to guilt trips ;) and also prone to giving her own guilt trips.

 

Pro:

Her teacher thinks she may be able to write her name by the end of this school year. Not in any real perfect way but in an Anna-perfect way.

 

Con:

World domination is only possible with clear handwriting.

 

 

Her teacher says that it’s obvious that Paul and I spend a lot of time talking to her and including her and stuff. She said lots of parents are too busy to actually talk to their kids. I can see the business but I can’t see how any parent could treat their kid any less than a human being. I hate the old sayings that kids should be “seen and not heard” and all that old school crap. Granted no, Anna doesn’t get the same levels of interaction with me as if she’s a full-grown adult but how can any parent not treat their kid with the right level of respect and expect to get respect in return? Those parents don’t get respect from their kids. They get fear. I HATE that. With a PASSION. It sucks.

 

So probably what this means is Anna’s going to grow up to be a spoiled brat by her parents. Oh well. At least she can’t blame us when she’s explaining the reasoning of an evil genius to her future shrink.