to think teacher calling kids this is inappropriate?

You’re a wet wipe 😆

You have no idea of the context and are jumping to ridiculous conclusions, are we really wrapping our children in this much cotton wool these days? What are teachers allowed to say? I suppose little Johnny you really should try to do xyz would also be beyond the pale because he might find it difficult and that would be traumatising. A generation of snowflakes in the making.

Hard agree!!

Ooo I'm wondering if we have children in the same class. We've had this very recently too in the school my child is in. I'm massively against it and find it inappropriate and belittling.

Oh it must be wonderful to be so perfect and never say anything in a clumsy way. If my DD came home and said I was called a wet wipe today I’d ask her if she was in fact being a wet wipe. ( She has a tendency to scream and run away from anything insecty which I think is classic wet wipe behaviour. ). I’m sure if I reported back every less than ideal comment that any of us said throughout your day I could come up with something to be offended about.

I think you’ve gone a bit off topic. Why are you talking about discipline? In what context is calling a child a “wet wipe” a form of discipline? At best it’s gently making fun of someone, at worst it’s trying to ridicule or humiliate someone. Between adults/friends, it’s probably fine, between a teacher and a child, at the very least it sets a poor example. But in reality, it probably makes a more sensitive child feel a little worthless - oh and a lovely name for other kids to call them in the playground too. All endorsed by the teacher.

Do none of the “oh bored mums” “everyone is offended nowadays” crowd teach their kids to not call people names?

Yep. Circa 1975/76

I once had an accident at junior school involving a door. I felt bad. I was sat in assembly looking forlorn and told myself that I'm useless. A teaching assistant sat across from me overheard and agreed "Yes, you really are."

I'll take being called a wetwipe.

No wonder so many of the younger people I work with are so soft.

I think some parents forget that their kids teacher probably spends more time with the kids than their parents during a week. They have to build a relationship with the class, and will build up a unique dynamic with them that might mean a specific phrase taken completely out of context could be misinterpreted. You haven’t been explained the context it was used in, nor what the other concerns have been, which you hadn’t mentioned in your original post.

What would be most important to me is whether my child has a rapport with the teacher and are they learning.

Oh for goodness sake!! Get the governors in, get her sacked .. 🙄

I dont think this is a big deal at all.

I'm a teacher. I think this is not quite the right sort of banter. You could get away with this as a joke with some teenagers but it would have to be obvious the teen in question was not actually a wetwipe in order to be funny. Sort of like saying "You're such a shrinking violet" to the most confident /outspoken person in the room. I'd say it to my own son who could absolutely take it. Saying it to a primary aged child who might need to be more confident or brave just feels a bit mean.

The irony is teachers have to take most things kids say with a good sense of humour!

This x100!

So your child wasn't offended, and finds it funny (presumably the teacher's aim!) but you still want to make a fuss?

Don't be a silly sausage.

If I had a good relationship with my class I'd laugh, because I still have a sense of humour unlike many.

Nobody can take a joke nowadays. Everyone is offended by everything, and it rubs off on the kids.

No wonder people don't want to teach anymore. Being called a wet wipe is offensive? Really?

Thats not ok wonder how the teacher would react if theyre pupils refered to them that way

This. I’m sure it was said in a jokey way, I can’t imagine getting worked up about it.

This.
OP, you’re being a bit of a wet wipe 😂

I actually think using language like this makes teachers more relatable to kids, and they feel like they don’t take themselves too seriously and get along with them better. Your kid wasn’t offended, honestly get a grip.
I despair…couldn’t pay me enough to teach nowadays.

Calling someone names isn’t on, especially when it’s used to mock someone.

Id be complaining. Teachers are there to education, not name call.

Was she being sarcastic?

Also a secondary school deputy and in my experience sarcasm is used a lot less than it was by my teachers when I was a pupil.

Are they year 4 or 5?

My year 5 daughters teacher told the class (as reported by my daughter) 'play stupid games, get stupid prizes' when they were mucking around after many warnings, and were 5 mins late going out to break as needed to get work finished. At least 5 children told their parents that they were personally called 'stupid'. Some said they missed whole break, some that it was lunch break they missed not morning break, some that missed start of break. Every child will have a different version of what hapenned. Main thing is was your child upset by this?

1 very sensible parent said 'those who weren't mucking around will know it wasn't aimed at them' which was absolutely true. My daughter loves that this teacher tells it like it is, disciplines where necessary and rewards hard work, and she wasn't bothered at all - and she is quite sensitive. The parents who made complaints were those of children who muck around and disrupt the class - and as the wise parent said - they knew the comment was aimed at them without being named, and were bothered by it - and arguably that's not necessarily a bad thing. At year 5 they are starting to prep for secondary where they won't be tip toed around

Oh come off it honestly