[Read: Why School Stress Is Devastating for Our Children]“He kept screaming at me and no one did anything. No one stopped him.
Teachers didn’t see it. He wouldn’t stop.
So I slapped him!”My shoulders slumped.Had it really come to this? I knew something had to change — and fast. The school year was just getting started, and things were going from bad to worse faster than I could imagine.
Gone was my happy, carefree boy who would sing in his room and laugh at our cats. In his place was a struggling child who could not focus on schoolwork, who had trouble remembering tasks, sitting still, following directions, getting along with other kids, and whose mishaps were bleeding him dry.I sighed heavily as my mind darted back to our recent
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