It was DD1's second induction afternoon at her new school today. I went to the first induction and so being groovy sharing parents, sent DH to the second. DD1's class is small, just 19 children, and about 14 of those are either in the attached nursery or have siblings in the school. So most of the mothers know each other pretty well.
DH dropped DD1 off in her reception class and went to join the other parents (all mothers and a few accompanying fathers) in the hall. DH is a nice looking, slim, 40-something guy in a sporty,low-slung wheelchair. Not one of the mothers (or fathers) offered to help him get his chair down the few steps into the hall, they just watched him struggle. And then in the remaining 40 minutes he was there, nobody approached him to talk to him. And before Cod jumps in and tells me he should have gone up and introduced himself, it's tough when you are the only lone man trying to break into a tight group of women, particularly when your head is stuck at crotch height.
From hairy-arsed builders in B&Q to plummy matrons at society weddings, in every other social situation people have rushed to help, to engage and to treat DH with friendly courtesy. So what is it with school mothers? Do they dump their social skills along with the book bags at the classroom door?
Rant Over.
Sorry - just realised that I should probably have posted this on the all new disabled parents thread!
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Rant Alert. Grrrr! School mothers.
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Issymum · 05/07/2005 22:27
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