Dd (5) got a little bit upset earlier, she said she didn't want to go to school tomorrow - which she never says.
Upon further quizzing, she says that at the end of lunchtime play she was talkig in the line and got ticked off by the dinner lady. That's fine I explained, she knows they're not supposed to talk in line, she did, she got told off.
However, if they misbehave at playtime or luch time the kids have to do 5 minutes stood up against the wall as punishment time. Dd says that because this happened at the end fo playtime there was no time to do her 5 minutes so the dinner lady has told her she will have to do her 5 mins tomorrow for talking in the line today.
AIBU to be a bit at this method of punishing very young children. I have always believed that punishments for young children should be immediate to have effect. I would never say "no park trip tomorrow" or "no going to xxx's house to play next Friday" as they are so young that amount of time passing renders the punishment pointless.
Especially now as dd has had all this evening to think about it and has gone to bed still a bit stressed. She's quite sensitive and seems to be shattered at the end of the school like just like all the other kids, she doesn't need somthing (however small it seems) to be worrying about. Even if the dinner lady does let them off, she's put the idea in their minds today and upset dd. Am i being a bit pfb ish?
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Hando · 21/09/2009 21:00
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