DD 3 goes to pre school gymnastics. She enjoys it, though recently went through a phase of saying she didn’t want to go. At the end of the class the kids get either two, one or no well done stamps and one gets start of the week. My DD is often upset, sometimes crying, that she only gets one stamp and never star of the week. I’m guessing it’s because she’s day dreamer and has to be asked to do things more than once and sometimes gets distracted (drives me crazy but thought that was standard 3 yo behaviour).
AIBU to think it’s a bit much to grade their behaviour like this when they are only 3? I understand it might be a way to encourage them to listen and promote competition and self improvement, but when she is consistently upset that she only gets one when it’s seems all the others get two, I worry about the effect it may have on her self esteem and wonder if we should jack it in.
Am I being too over protective ?