Hello everyone, this is about my dp who is 4+. He is very social, bright & well behaved. He was in a nursery which we absolutely loved but had to start part time school just last September.
The school administration is lovely but it's the parents who seem to be a problem. I gave my little one couple of months to settle in before I started to ask him questions like who he likes in his class? Who his friends are? Who would he like to avoid ? The usual parent questions and he answered them really well.
To confirms what he was saying was right, on the parent teacher meeting his teacher updated us with his associations in his class.
In December we sent Christmas / new year cards to the whole class, 32 kids but just 3 people reciprocated the gesture. Not even a thank you from any one during the school run.
We decided not to take it too seriously and continued trying to socialise with his class mates, after all he is going to spend next 8 years with them . I requested play dates with some of the boys he is friends with, but strangely after agreeing dates, parents cancel them last minute. One of the parents even sent a cancellation text at 1:00 midnight citing (what ever nonsense reasons ) another one said that they suddenly planned a holiday and are going away ( very strange, with 4 kids and one of them new born).
Mums have formed a sort of a group like white, Asians and NON talking ones. I don't want to be a part of any group in particular . All I want is for my dp to have a play time & associate with his class mates.
He goes to other extracurricular activities but school is where he spends most of his time. Please help because I have never seen this behaviour and I am bewildered and upset at how these parents are.
Please help !