Family Problems

I have been working on my final presentation on parent teacher communications and it has really opened up my eyes on how important the family life can be to the learning experience. I have a student in my class that is going through some terrible personal family issues and although the child is only two, she understands that something is not right. Although as a teacher, I am communicating with the family about the situation but it seems to be taking a toll on the student. I lay her down for nap and she will tell me about how she misses her mother and it is so hard for me as a teacher to not get completely emotionally involved in the situation. In all of my research for this project as well as my personal experiences I have just really come to terms with the idea of how important the family is and how important that communication can be between the teacher and the family of the student. My mother has always told me that it takes a village to raise a child and I am such a true believer of this as I think that the teacher takes a large role in being a part of the village that does this.