JFF: Bragging Rights

I'm proud of my son everyday. He doesn't have to bring home straight As for me to tell him that I'm proud of him. But just this morning he came in my room and said "mommy, I know what I am going to be when I grow up" I asked him what? His answer "I'm going to be a kids bipolar dr, so I can help other kids like me!" That melted my heart:)

Ah Mom, your kid blew the curve out the window! His future college student classmates will hate him!

Congrats! I think your son must have a really fine understanding of how to view the class material as a whole. Montessori did a great job with that!

Dawn

One of my proudest mommy moments is when I heard my 6 yr. old daughter standing up for her cousin who was being called a name by another kid who is 3 years older. When I heard the commotion I was about to intervene, but then I heard my daughter saying loudly with her hands on her hips, "Don't call him names! He is my cousin. We have a family rule that there are no putdowns allowed. It hurts feelings!" I walked away smiling knowing that she handled it just fine and did not need my imput.

Early this year (8th grade) school did a Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) - which is an assessment tool to determine how well your child reads.
When his teacher handed him his score she said
'Wow. This is the highest score I've ever seen.".
He scored 1700+ which is the highest score possible.
I just burst at the seams with pride for our son.
Every report card so far has been straight A's and he's first chair clarinet (and a 2nd Don taekwondo black belt).
I've had to tone the bragging down a bit.
But if people ask me how he's doing I'll gush for a few minutes before I can turn it off.
We're keeping our fingers crossed that he can maintain his straight A's through high school and earn some scholarships for college.

My son stood up to another kid that was going around and meanly asking all the boys if they were gay. When it didn't stop, he went directly to the principal who handled it beautifully. He passionately defended gay people and told the principal, who is a nun, that in our family we have many gay friends whom we love very much. She responded that she was proud of him for standing up and that God loves all people and that all of God's people are perfect just as he made them (she is a nun, which is why this is so amazing). My son is a great student, very funny and charming, but this is the moment when I realized he had the capacity to be an extraordinary human being.

Congratulations to your son!!!!

I am afraid to start writing. I will go on and on and all of you will hate me.

I feel like our daughter is so much more motivated, determined and focused than we have ever been. We just love sitting back and watching her.

She is a completely amazing young woman and we are always just so proud of what she can do.

Awesome. Great teacher.

I will take this opportunity to brag about my twenty year old daughter: The girl lights up a room when she walks in. She's full of energy and enthusiasm, and she's super smart (though she initially looks and sounds a bit ditzy) -- calculus was a breeze for her, for example. She's a hard worker and can run circles around most or her coworkers. She's not a partier, but she wants to do everything and anything the world has to offer. She just exudes Life. The downside to this personality type: she doesn't take lightly to boredom and inactivity, and her many ambitions and interests will cost a bit of money, so she'd better earn a good living.

But she is a joy.

Letty -- I love your son!

My 6 year old son has a bully in his kindergarten class last year. I was blown off when I complained and it was a bad situation. I addressed it again with the Principal who assured me that they would not end up in the same class again. Initially they didn't, but a while back there were complaints and the bully ended up in my son's class...grrr.... ANYWAY, I got a note home this week from the teacher indicating that my son had used courage and stuck up for another student. Come to find out, the bully was picking on another student and my son stood up and told him to stop. I was one proud Momma. And I feel validated because I bet the bully will end up being moved again before the end of the school year.

Great "question" :-D We all love to brag on our kids!

My son is 4 and now & then he does something so brilliant I have to call one of the grandmas right away just to tell someone!!!

The other day he called me into his room to show me his calendar, he was writing important things for November. He wanted to write his sister's birthday, so he went and looked on my calendar in the kitchen, checked which day it was, went back to his room and wrote it on the right day. He even spelled her name (correctly!) and drew a cupcake and a balloon! I was so proud I couldn't stop hugging him.

My son has his challenges, but he is very inventive and can make a weapon--esp. a crossbow--out of pretty much anything substantial. Tinkertoys are his favorite, as well as the Quercetti tubes, pieces from a marble run, paper towel tubes, LEGOs ... it's pretty much endless. My kid is a weapons factory.

I loathe weapons play, but love the ingenuity! His creativity and imagination keep me busy, and his curiosity-- it is endless. It takes a lot of trial and error for his creations to work the way he wants, however, he is tenacious at it.I appreciate that in a person!

My daughter is 13 and in 8th grade..if the teacher gives an assignment with a grading scale my daughter actually reviews it to make sure what she turns in satisfies the requirements. I don't have to push her to do her homework she just does it and I don't have to beg her to want to do well bc she pushes herself. She has achieved awards that make me proud but one of my many proud mom moments was when she had a ton of homework to do which contained a lot of writing. She got a late start stayed up til 11:30 at night and was in tears but she got everything done that was needed. That's my girl..her drive to succeed is what makes me misty eyed.

Aww since you asked... My oldest got a perfect score on the writing portion of the PSSA (PA standardized test). She fell in the 99.7% for reading. She also got distinguished honors her first marking period of HS and her HS Drama teacher moved her to Advance Drama after only one semester because she is a great actress. My youngest is an excellent student too and has a beautiful voice. She is "Annie" in the musical Annie! So exciting!!!!

Congrats to your son for such a great job!

My daughter, Zoey is in Kindergarten this year. At her school they have what they call the "Bee Program" where the kids in each grade (pre-k thru 4th) can earn paper bees to place on the classroom beehive. They earn bees by being kind to others, listening, and just being good in general. On top of this program they had a special one recently that they called "car bees" for the cafeteria. The child who earned the most car bees got to have a RC car race with the principal. & My Zoey won! She earned the most car bees out of the whole school. That is just one of the many things we are very proud of :)