| Congratulations on your 5-year mark! My advice for parent-teacher conferences? Sit down for 15 minutes a few days in advance and try to outline your own concerns about your child. Where is he/she strongest? Where does he/she need improvement. Then go to the meeting and try not to expect anything! Go with a totally open mind and really listen (non-defensively) to what the teachers have to say. I was expecting all 'sunshine and roses' with my two boys, and let's just say that wasn't quite how it played out... ;-) Both boys are doing very well now -- just not what I would have expected prior to my first conference... | 
