I stopped caring if my kids got good grades when I realized they were not ever going to get a good fit or fair chance at an equal playing field.
I got good at saying with a straight face, "No, that doesn't work for me, so, no, we won't accept that this is the way it is."
I stopped limiting my kids' time on the computer when I realized what he was learning online was a better fit that what he did in school.
I stopped freaking out when a teacher called complaining and stopped always assuming "my kid" was the actual problem.
And I started celebrating and embracing their quirks. They're made just they way they're supposed to be, so to %#%%#} with anyone who thinks of them as weird or needing to be fixed so they fit in,
