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Greetings!
 April is a month where we typically
find ourselves talking with others about the plans our children have for the summer or even life after graduation. In conversation we might express a combination of joy and angst -- happy for their return and perhaps also concerned about the upcoming transitions for the family. For many of us things seem rather up in the air!
A friend of mine once said when my stepson's summer plans were changing as rapidly as the second hand on a clock, "You can look at all these transitions as challenges or annoyances -- or you can look at them as if they are a second chance to try a different approach, to consider a different mindset, to prepare and communicate better, to react less, and to be more effective." It is her advice that I call upon throughout the month of April. The one thing we can always change is how we look at the uncertainties before us.
All the best in your relationship with your student, -Kay
Kay Kimball Gruder Follow me on Twitter @KKimballGruder or http://twitter.com/KKimballGruder |
