dd: "mummy yesterdya at school I had to draw a daddy"
me: "but you don't have a daddy, why did you have to draw a daddy, did tell you to?"
dd: "yes we haded to draw a mummy and a daddy in our picture"
me: "OK, so did you just drawme then"
dd: "no"
me: "did you tell that you don't have a daddy?"
dd: "no"
me : "oh, ok, what did you do then?"
dd: "I drew a man watching TV"
So I'm guessing that that teacher asked them to draw a picture of their mummy and daddy.. I think she should have actually said either
a) draw a picture of the people who look after you
or
b) draw a picture of your family
I feel very sad for dd.
I don't want to devalue the concept of a two parent family of course I think it's important but circumstances are what they are and I think the teacher should have been more thoughtful.
My 6yo shouldn't have to tell the teacher that she hasn't got a dad in front of the whole class but she didn't know what to do
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My DD HAD to draw a daddy?!?!? I don't think she questioned it but I still feel sad
MascaraOHara · 24/09/2008 11:59
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