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to be mystified why school would call me for this?

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whatthehell123 · 15/12/2016 13:06

So apparently my year 1 so this morning whilst doing some sticking / cutting decided it would be a good idea to cut " a tiny " piece of his hair during this activity
This apparently warranted a phone call home from a member of staff I don't know to tell me, who said they had a long chat about why he did it and he said the piece of hair was annoying him.
Is this really something they need to call home about / have a long chat about?
Surely it's because he is 6 and was probably bored.

OP posts:
Notquitewhatiexpected · 16/12/2016 19:01

Ohdearducks - they were worried about 'follow-through'!!

falange · 16/12/2016 19:13

They phoned because some parents would go mental about this. That's why they phoned you, to be on the safe side. Lots of parents nowadays are very very unreasonable.

hks · 16/12/2016 19:21

what would have been your reaction if it had been another child that had cut your childs hair ?

my daughter cut her fringe when she was 4 with safety scissors at nursery because it annoying her i had to take her to the hairdressers after school to have it sorted lol

LRA170 · 16/12/2016 19:24

How times have changed....my DD had two very long braids....came home from school with only one and a letter attached to the other one in a plastic bag!!!

Dahlietta · 16/12/2016 19:32

He has also done the eyebrows last year, half of each one.

He has also smuggled lipstick into school gone to to the toilet and come back as mummy

He sounds awesome, OP Grin

SocksRock · 16/12/2016 19:39

My 8yo DD cut about 2cm X 2cm out of the very front centre of her hair, right down to the scalp. 6 months later I'm just about thinking it has grown out enough to make a trip to the hairdresser worthwhile. She looked utterly ridiculous for months and it still sticks vertically upwards most of the time. Teacher was mortified. I just rolled my eyes and told DD she would have to live with the consequences.

SpeckledyBanana · 16/12/2016 19:46

There was a thread the other day started by a mother who had hysterics because she spotted a small bruise on her kids leg and was incandescent the school hadn't informed her how he got it...

DS had a kid in his class whose mum reacted like this every time her PFB got a bruise at school. She didn't seem to realise that he doled out way, way more than he himself got. She'd have gone nuts about a bit of experimental hairdressing, I'm certain.

hollieberrie · 16/12/2016 19:49

I teach Early Years and I would absolutely call the parent about this. We have to call about everything these days tbh. Its just not worth the potential fall out if you don't let the parents know.
Also yes, its easier to talk on the phone than at pick up time, especially with regard to privacy - very easy for conversations to be overheard at end of day which is not ideal.

lovelearning · 16/12/2016 19:50

I have had a parent go crazy about this happening
I have also been screamed at by a parent when her child did this

As though it's not difficult enough dealing with the children.

SpeckledyBanana · 16/12/2016 19:54

smuggled lipstick into school gone to to the toilet and come back as mummy

Superb Grin

Katherine2626 · 16/12/2016 23:02

Believe me there are parents who go mad about anything; it must be to somehow make themselves feel that they exist. The office staff in a school often feel like punch bags for utterly neurotic people, and this makes them twitchy if anything at all happens - the rationale being if they have told you and explained everything that should cover any potential trouble. Not always though.... just one example: 'Child does not like the look of perfectly reasonable school dinner that she has ordered in the morning. Kitchen staff offer alternative of jacket potato with choice of coleslaw, beans, cheese etc. Child eats it all. Mother is phoned to tell her - on 'let the parent know everything' principle - and she is ok with that (hot meal and potato same price) Less than a week later mother comes in to complain that child was 'forced' to have a jacket potato and she doesn't like them, why didn't she get the meal she ordered? She wants to complain about kitchen staff. When asked by baffled person why it was ok a week ago but now suddenly not all right, mother complains that office staff are rude and trying to make her look silly. See what I mean? It's enough to drive you into a straight jacket. 99% of parents are lovely, the other 1% just get a buzz out of trouble .

Sweets101 · 16/12/2016 23:05

Ahh DD's gave each other haircuts far too frequently when they were little. DD2 looked a treat on her on 2nd birthday

WeDoNotSow · 16/12/2016 23:12

No flying If you tell them to eat it as there are kids starving elsewhere, they're guaranteed to tell you to send the starving children that particular piece of food.

jamdonut · 17/12/2016 00:01

Congratulate him on his scissor skills!
So many children get to Year 2 with poor or nonexistent scissor skills, as it seems parents do not allow them to do any cutting out at home.

Also, you'd be surprised at how many children say they have no coloured pencils or felt tips at home. A child told me he was not allowed to have them because his little brother might get hold of them and draw on the walls...Hmm

lovelearning · 17/12/2016 11:36

parents do not allow them to do any cutting out at home
no coloured pencils or felt tips at home

I simply can't imagine such a childhood...

These children have no art materials, but I'm guessing they have iPads.

How sad.

Catlady1976 · 17/12/2016 12:04

My oldest two cut each others hair at home when I turned my back briefly. It happens. But I do understand the caution.

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