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I don't know what to do - school drop offs....

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cjt110 · 30/09/2019 10:33

I've posted some threads about this in the past and I am still no wiser as to what to do

Previous threads here and here

Long story short my son is an outgoing, boisterous boy. He is disciplined as and when it is required. He can be loud but gets on well with 99% of children.

With the execption of this one boy. He's quiet. Not boisterous. Seems quite sensitive.

I am an anxious wreck after this morning.

DS told F last week to come away from the doors - I had told my son the same that day/day before and so DS was just parrotting what I said.

I told him, off for bossing F about and he would come in his own time.

This morning DS shouted for F to come over to where we (me, friend 1, friend 2(F's mum) and another child) were stood. He shouted F a few seconds after F's mum had shouted him. I again told him not to shout.

I took DS to near the door, with the aim of breaking them up and getting some space. F and his mum also came near the door. Another child was playing with them and F said to me that DS had spat at the other child. I had been watching DS and said to F "DS didn't spit F. He doesn't even know what spitting is" F's mum called F to her and told him off for telling tales and shouldnt make things up.

I didn't hear what was said or happened a few moments later but F's mum called F to her, said she was fed up of it every morning and if it's not one of them it's the other. I think DS had told F to come away from the door again and I said not to shout at F and that he needed to be kind.

Even now, an hour and a half after drop off, I feel sick with anxiety over this.

I am fed up of this same shit each morning. I have to be there when the doors open as I need to shoot off for work. I have to be at the car parking area at 8.20 to get a space because otherwise I am late for work.

I have kept DS in the car later. Have tried to take him to he other side of the playground.

I am trying as much as I can to do my best.

All i can think is to keep them apart/ But they both want to play with the other child. Both play nicely with the other child. F does seem sensitive and will sulk if he doesn't win a race. Or if DS plays with the other child. When DS sees F walk past the car they wave at each other and F begs DS to come out of the car and DS begs to go.

I genuinely do not know what to do anymore. And I feel sick with anxity.

Apart from keeping them apart - which is difficult in a playground with 3 kids that "want" to play together when we all get there - what can I do?

My Mum says to just not let it get to me and to keep them apart but it's the same shit every day and I've had enough.

F's Mum is nice but I am scared of her and her reactions. She has said in the past she doesn't want it to get "violent" and has hinted that my son is a bully.

OP posts:
saraclara · 30/09/2019 15:21

Why are you even staying around after you drop him in the playground? Presumably there's an adult on duty in there. I dropped mine off and then went. The adult on playground duty is responsible for his behaviour from that point, not you.

Witchend · 30/09/2019 15:23

I don't really get why this other mother is such an issue. The incident you say:

"DS didn't spit F. He doesn't even know what spitting is" F's mum called F to her and told him off for telling tales and shouldn't make things up.

I didn't hear what was said or happened a few moments later but F's mum called F to her, said she was fed up of it every morning and if it's not one of them it's the other.

Firstly, saying he didn't spit, was fine, but why say he doesn't know what spitting is? If nothing else, he can still do it without knowing what it is.
For what it's worth, I found children of that age often call what we'd have called "a raspberry" as "spitting".
"I was watching and he didn't spit" is much better. By adding the second sentence it sounds like you're protesting too much, trying to add proof that he didn't.

Secondly, that doesn't sound a bad reaction from F's mother. She's not saying it's all your ds' fault. She's said it's 50/50 basically. She told him off for telling tales and making things up. She told him to stand by her. That sounds pretty supportive of her. What else do you want her to say/do?

Most of it sounds like typical 5yo behaviour.

itsboiledeggsagain · 30/09/2019 15:41

This is a cracker of a micro drama. What is the rest of your life like op?

PhilCornwall1 · 30/09/2019 15:43

@cjt110 Make him stand next to you in the playground and tell him why he is doing it and that he will continue to do it until he stops the shouting and bossing around.

If he kicks off, then there are consequences that will be followed through on. But you have to follow through on them.

My now 17 year old went through a stage in year 5 of being a bit handy with other kids, he was a complete pain in the arse. He was told what happens to adults if they hit people, that is the Police get involved. When he wouldn't stop, the next thing he knew, he had a visit at school from a PCSO (he didn't know it was going to happen) and a little chat was had. This was arranged after visiting the Police station and letting them know what went on. It scared him shitless to be blunt and it never happened again.

I'm not saying that your issue is as bad as ours was, but take control, tell him to stop and put consequences in place if he doesn't.

cjt110 · 30/09/2019 16:09

I completely agree most is 5 year old behaviour and I react to my son, because I feel that if I don't F's mum will react.

The doors open at 8.45. I get there at 8.35ish and they go in. I go immediately once he is inside the door. We cannot leave our children in the playground.

OP posts:
angieloumc · 30/09/2019 16:48

I feel you're unfairly blaming F's mum. She's as fed up of it as you are.
You say you get in the playground at 8.35. If you are finding is as stressful as it appears you just stay in the car.

AJPTaylor · 30/09/2019 16:51

Stay in the car until 8.42.

ChildminderMum · 30/09/2019 17:54

Problem: When I get to school 10 minutes early, my child plays up/I feel anxious about another mum's reactions
Solution: Stop going to school 10 minutes early!

Just arrive at 8.45, kiss your kid goodbye and get on with your day Confused

Wonkybanana · 30/09/2019 19:19

OP this is your third thread about this situation. What do you want from them? You've already had lots of advice on the first two, how is this one going to help where the others have failed?

I'm genuinely not sure what you're looking for.

LittleDancers · 01/10/2019 09:41

Childminder OP has said if she gets to school later than she does, she can't get a parking space anywhere near. So she has to arrive early to get a parking space, then she can be first in the door as soon as it opens so she can get to work quickly.

OP's options are to keep DS in the car until the last moment, or take DS in but not let him go off and play (for the time being) until he understands why and can play without there being a problem. Other posters saying "leave them to it, it's not a problem unless they are whacking each other" aren't understanding that OP is feeling anxious about this and anxious about F's mum's reactions (understandably, and I have to say that I have some sympathy with F's mum too although not for the way she inappropriately expresses her feelings).

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