Gabriel’s teacher called his parents in for a meeting. Mr. Michaels was concerned that Gabriel was starting to view himself as a victim. He explained to Gabriel’s parents that recently, when challenges came up in class, Gabriel would sigh and mutter that “its too hard for a kid with hearing loss anyway, what is the [...]
A reader wrote: “I do want to point out that there are many Spanish or other kind of family growing up in America and the Spanish/Mexican kids speak Spanish with their parents and family and have to go to school and use ENGLISH. Is that any different??” Yes, dear reader, I think it is. As [...]
Marie was 9 years old when she turned to her dad during the car ride home from a birthday party and asked “Do I have to keep going to speech?” Marie’s dad was totally floored – he was not expecting this question. Speech therapy was as much a part of the family’s routine as grocery [...]
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