To think that, actually your son sounds like a bit of a horror.

[GoshAnneGorilla]

From this:
www.xojane.com/issues/my-son-was-labelled-as-a-bad-egg-and-i-want-to-know-when-did-we-start-fearing-our-own-children

I think the schools probably had a point and there's far more to this then the mother is saying.

www.xojane.com/issues/my-son-was-labelled-as-a-bad-egg-and-i-want-to-know-when-did-we-start-fearing-our-own-children

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Sorry. I always forget to tick that box!

I think the mother is missing the point a little bit, that the school is teaching her child about consequences (whether intended or not), because the real world there are consequences for everything!

It would probably do her child more of a favour to teach him to accept the reprimand with good grace, apologise, and not repeat the behaviour. We all 'accidentally' do something wrong in our lives, but we are still responsible for the outcome, and responsible for modifying our behaviour accordingly.

He sounds like a kid to me. No common sense whatsoever clearly, but some kids are born with that and some (like me) learn it the painfully hard way over the years. If there had been a fire alarm in reach telling me to pull, you can guarantee I would have done. I wasn't a horror, I was just a kid with an enquiring mind that didn't bother to enquire about consequences. I think I stopped doing really stupid things when I was about 18, and gradually over the years have stopped doing mildly stupid things as age and experience have taught me that the worst thing that you can imagine would happen if I do x, is generally what happens to me.

I wonder what her son would have to do for it to be his fault.

tbh If my 9 year old dd was bored waiting for a teacher to come in, I doubt she would start messing about with scissors. She understands and accepts they are meant to just wait for a few moments and not create a mess/potential concern.

He does 2 stupid things in 11 years and that makes him a 'horror'?

Is nothing his fault? I think the fire alarm wasn't overkill as it wasted the firefighters time but didn't make him a bad egg, just silly. He should have learnt a lesson.However he should have known better when he was in school. He didn't think it was a weapon? He must have known it was dangerous! Its inly my opinion but get the impression that his mother makes excuses continuously for his behaviour and he hasnt really grown up as he hasn't had to take any blame for his behaviour.

What makes him think he's so special? An overindulgent fool of a mother who sees no reason why he should behave like all the other children.

I think he sounds like a normal kid tbh. Some kids will sit and wait fir a teacher patiently, but others are natural widgets and easily bored and will look for something to amuse themselves with, while they wait.

I think it wouldn't hurt though, for the mum to reinforce the idea that sometimes you just gave to leave things alone!

widgets? Should say fidgets!

An overindulgent fool of a mother

Beautifully put! He sounds utterly banal and she's trying to make out he's some misunderstood creative envelope-pusher.

Pointless article; I hope it was online so that no trees died for that spectacularly dull set of wank.

one incident at 5 and one incident at 16

people have too much time on their hands lol

It sounds like the son is inheriting the mother's problems with discipline. She also sounds hystrionic. Her description of the fire alarm incident is odd - describing the other children as 'excited ants' etc..

I don't understand her point at all. What on earth was she trying to say?

Two serious behavioural incidents doesn't make a horror, but she doesn't sound like the kind of parent you want to be dealing with as a teacher.