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Should I speak to the head teacher?

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IrrelevantPeasant · 17/11/2017 14:23

DD is in year 3. In year 1 she had a few issues with another girl where DD hit the other girl a handful of times. School phoned me, we dealt with it and asked to be kept informed if it happened again. Nothing ever came of it and as far as we know both girls are now friendly enough. The other girl's parents will not speak to me. They won't acknowledge me or DD to the point that if I hold a door open for them they refuse to take it. I have given up making any kind of effort with them. Fast forward 2 years DD is having a bday party and invited all the girls in her class including the one mentioned above. She handed the invite back to my DD and told her she wants to come it her parents don't like my DD so she's not coming. I've also found out from the class teacher that they still phone the school every few weeks to check that my DD is behaving. Now I fully appreciate that my DD was in the wrong in this original situation but it was dealt with 2 years ago and they were 5 at the time. Yet the parents obviously still have a major problem with us. Should I speak to the HT about this? And what can I reasonably expect him to do about it?

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Butingheads · 17/11/2017 17:29

No, don't speak to HT, she's not coming so nothing more to say. It just feeds the drama.

RavenWings · 17/11/2017 17:31

What exactly are you expecting the HT to do about it? You're adults, he can't bang their heads together for you. Don't feed the drama.

IrrelevantPeasant · 17/11/2017 19:23

Thanks for your replies everyone. I'm going to leave it and be grateful that the kids are able to sort this out better than the adults!

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confusedlittleone · 17/11/2017 19:34

Clearly the school were actually pretty shit at sorting it out if it happened to the same girl several times.. the parents do sound a bit bonkers tho

Labradoodliedoodoo · 17/11/2017 19:46

I think it’s likely that you only got half the story via the teachers but the parents got the fuller picture via their daughter. So maybe things were worse then they appeared to you at the time. I think it’s normal for parents to form an opinion about a child who bullies. One or two hits in the midst of nice behaviour could be forgiven (if a one off) but prolonged violence or nastiness would make me wonder about the child’s background. It’s natural to be warey. Not talking to you and ignoring you is really odd through. Much better for the parents to be talking

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