Visit Your Child In School Fathers Part 2

[williamjackson]

Strategies To Help Dads
PART 2

Visit Your Child In School Fathers

The National Fatherhood Initiative:
“Children with involved, loving fathers are significantly
more likely to do well in school, have
healthy self-esteem, exhibit empathy and pro-social
behavior, and avoid high-risk behaviors such as drug use,
truancy, and criminal activity compared to children who
have uninvolved fathers.”

H. Honor your child; this is their school, say good things
to them and about them. Making nice comments.

I. Involvement in the classroom is
optional at first. You can volunteer to help, but if you
are unsure don’t worry about it until next time.

J. Jokes are definitely out. No jokes about the teacher,
school, lunch.

K. Keep the conversation simple. Kids remember everything
that you say, so do not make promises you may
have trouble keeping.

L. Laugh and enjoy the day, you may have to laugh at yourself.

M. “Mama Drama” or “Baby Mama Drama” should not be
brought to school. I have experienced this personally and it
is not fair to the child or children. If there are problems sometimes you
have to swallow your pride and make another trip to the school, so
plan to be there when you can enjoy and talk to your child without
drama. Remember it takes a Big man to back off. Be the Bigger Man
and a hero in your child’s eyes.

N. Notice how your child acts,
they act differently when home and
school. Don’t look surprised by their actions remember the “apple
does not fall far from the tree”.

O. Tell your kids you are proud of even small accomplishments.

P. Don’t promise what you can’t deliver.

Q. Questions are good if you do
not know what is going on.
Don’t assume anything because we know what happens when
that happens.

R. Resist the temptation to ridicule
put down or make negative comments about other
children, teachers, and administrators.

S. Seize the moment; this is a
special time for your child and
they will remember you coming and expect consistency.

T. Temptations will arise do not
let into them. Don’t flirt with other teachers or adults.

U. Understand your role as a
parent, to provide the best educational
opportunities for your child. Work with your child’s teachers not
against them.

V. Voice concerns only during
parent teacher conferences and
make sure you have all your facts correct. Read the Code of Conduct
information.

W. Watch your surroundings, there
are a lot of little people
walking around, be careful where you step.

X. Exercise caution when
expressing your opinions. Don’t set
yourself up to eat crow later or have to apologize for your actions
and words reflect on your child.

Y. You are your child’s first
teacher so if there are deficiencies
in areas find out how you can help the teacher with your child.

Z. Just Do It, Go visit your
kids in school before the year is over.
As a teacher and divorced father, many fathers do not know you have
rights and one of them is you can visit your child in school. No one
can threaten you with prosecution or deny you the right to visit your
kids in school so long as you are respectful, cooperative, mature and
orderly.
Whether divorced, separated, married, etc. fathers should visit their
children no matter the situation or circumstance. Be a father..