I have a DS age 7 who has ASD and he struggles quite a bit socially.
I am utterly appalled and ashamed by what I have heard this morning. This wasn't any thing directly to me or by the teacher.
DS apparently made a comment to a girl in his class saying he "didn't want to play with her as she has brown skin". This apparently blown up in a private group chat on WhatsApp that I was not aware of. I hadn't had any communications from teachers or other parents, so I was confused.
His best friend at school is a Muslim boy and his granny is Brazilian. He has grown up around different skin colours from a baby. We have had a serious conversation today in which I have told him he must apologise to this girl tomorrow.
However, I am also angry that this has been put on a WhatsApp group before anybody has even spoken to me, I assume the teachers aren't even aware. Of course, this has caused outrage in the group chat (and rightly so!) but I can't help but feel this was wrongly handled by the other parent as this is a group of 7 year old children and issues like this can escalate very quickly.
How do I handle this moving forward? Do I request a meeting with the head teacher and make them aware of the incident etc?
I feel really sick at the thought of walking my child into school tomorrow, knowing that most will be judging based on what they have heard.
Btw, I'm not in the group chat - screenshots were sent to me by another parent.