PARENTING February 16, 2004 Issue

A child's best advocate

By Cheryl Ranson

Most Children have a pretty keen sense of what's fair and what isn't. That's a good thing. But indignant reaction usually doesn't solve injustice. So what do you do when your child claims to have been wronged?

One school year, my husband and I became wards to a young teenager who came to live with us. From day one, she reported tension with her social studies teacher. Apparently the teacher took an instant dislike to this new pupil, who only added to an already overcrowded, unruly class.

Things came to a head when this student handed in a project worth 75 percent of the course grade—but received no credit because of a minor infraction. "It's not fair. I'll flunk the course!" rang loud and clear at home. A parentteacher conference seemed necessary, and I was the logical representative.

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