AND - Love Does Collaboration

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Adults and children. Parents and teachers. Home and community. Co-parenting. In-laws. 

Sometimes, these feel like opposing forces. But parenting or teaching with love shows us the importance of working together; us AND the other. Sometimes it's easy - our child has a teacher that we naturally click with; we share a similar parenting style with the child's other parent. Other times it's hard - our in-laws feel intrusive; we are a teacher with a student whose parents are uninvolved and unresponsive. 

The article on collaboration (link below) highlights the benefits of collaborating which include academic success, better emotional skills, and stronger relationships. It also mentions some of the pitfalls that can occur when adults do not have a collaborative relationship.

Collaborating with others in our children's lives may not always be easy, but the benefits are worth it. When we focus on the kids first and on their growth and future, we are more often able to work together with the other adults in our kids' lives. That doesn't mean that we don't set appropriate boundaries for ourselves and our home or classroom. But it does mean that we shift our attitude from us vs them to us AND them. We approach the other adults in our kids' lives with kindness and grace. We look for ways to include and collaborate. Even - maybe especially - when it's hard.





https://sph.edu/blogs/collaborative-parenting/

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