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Oxana, welcome to the program.

Hi Dr. Laura, thanks for taking my call.

You're very welcome.

What's happening?

I just wanted to talk to you about my son.

He's actually here with me, but he said he doesn't want to talk. He's seven. He'll be eight on Monday.

And just wanted to know how to like handle frustrations because a couple things that happened.

The other day they had an awards assembly.

I wasn't able to make it because I have a few small children at home.

He brought home an award, It said A slash B award and he's

gotten awards before and when he came home he ripped the award because he

said he didn't want he got a B is that right George is that what happened he got one B and then today oh in the school year and then today he brought home a report card, like a progress report card, because it's almost the end of the school year.

And he's in second grade and what else?

His grade level is 4.5 and reading is what? At reading and what else? At reading and what else?

Do you remember?

Anyways the other numbers were pretty high too and he ripped it a couple of times.

I wasn't there, my husband was there and he called me.

And I said, well, oh, and then what happened was,

we asked him why and he said it's because all the other kids or most a lot of the

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