Every class has one, the 'naughty' child.
Before ds1 began school and this sounds nasty I prayed he didn't end up in xs class, well he didn't but like I say his class had an equivelent.
I've recently got to know parent of said 'naughty' child, as ds puts it "he doesn't know how to behave" and because of this doesn't have class friends. Anyway, I recently came across the parent of the child very upset, it turns out her dc has been moved into another class for rest of the term for getting into trouble with another dc and she was upset because it had been going on for months though she had only just been told about the problems between both children. The parent was particularly upset because the other parent had said something unkind infront of both children about 'naughty' child and this child was sad as they couldn't understand what they had done to get the comment.
If it was me I'd be (a) fuming the school hadn't told me sooner (b) the other parent had behaved like they did and would want to deal with it, but the parent said with term nearly over they just want to get through the next week. She was concerned as the other parent was going around telling people gleefully why the 'naughty' child was in other class, and that it hurt because it takes two to tango, well I have not heard anything yet because I guess other parents have seen this parent of 'naughty' child talking to me.
Now I know not to get involved with gossip etc but I just wondered how many of us really get to chat to parents of the children ours dislike or what it must be like for the parents of 'naughty' children because this woman comes across very well and cares about her child like most of us all do. From my understanding he is too young to be assessed properly for a condition though he gets some 1-1 TA support.
Until now I hadn't really thought about what it must be like to get called into school because of your child, and to be honest find it a bit odd that I am having sympathy for the 5yr old who most of the class have problems with. I've never had to get involved with the school over other children because I want to encourage my ds to be able to deal with his problems, yes with my support but not by me being verbal to the other child or parent.
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Martha200 · 20/07/2008 09:34
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