Two things there.
Uh, your concern is a valid concern
because historically we haven't been comfortable talking
about mental health related issues.
I would encourage you to think about
what your biggest fear is.
How would they, how would they potentially deal
with your child differently with that information?
And now we're talking about your first, your concern.
And I would really wanna pay close attention to that.
Second to that, I promise you, given today's climate
and today's environment, that they are dealing with many,
many students who are dealing with similar issues.
There is nobody or no school district
and no core class that does not have somebody dealing
with anxiety and depression.
And so in reality, they're dealing
with it probably way more than you may anticipate.
Now, what that really means is for you to open up
and talk with them, they're gonna understand more
appropriately how to respond
and deal with your child if they had understand what's
actually happening to your child.
So it's hard to help when you don't know.
And so my encouragement to you is to address your concerns.
You may not talk with the teacher without talking
with your child first,
but it's very appropriate to express
to your teacher in a te parent teacher conference
or another time that, hey, we're going
through some difficult things and I want to make you aware
of it because I want my child
to feel like somebody else understands them besides me.
And so the invitation there,
and I'm gonna tell you, I've interacted with most teachers
and most of the teachers that I've interacted
with throughout the years, we've been doing this,
they are sensitive and they're aware
and they care and they want to help.
And in some situations that you get back an email saying,
or in that conversation, just let me know if I can help.
If they need a little bit more time with an assignment,
if I can create a different situation for learning for them,
just, uh, I, I'm more than willing to do that.
And if you want them to come talk with me
after class, we can work on, you know,
whatever challenges they may be having
related to the schoolwork.
And now the teacher is on their team.
They feel understood creating a relationship,
which we really want our children to have.
We want our children to have as many healthy relationships
as they can possibly create.
Our society is based on healthy relationships.
The more of 'em that we have,
the better our entire society is.
