The Main Thing I Learned From My First Year of Being a K12 Learning Coach

Here is the main thing I learned from my first year of being a K12 learning coach: 

 

No matter how painful it is, you have to be willing to let your child struggle. He may not like it, and he may look for ways to pull your strings, but you have to stand firm, even if you are dying inside. My first instinct as a mother is to lift my child up, protect him, make the way smooth. But in order to experience success he needs to fail and in order to triumph he needs to experience defeat. We experienced some struggle, failure and defeat this year, but the resulting growth was worth it.