Ds2 just 8, has told me that a boy in his class has said that he has been told by his mother that he is not allowed to play with ds2. Now his mother is a very odd woman. She only has the one son and is obviously very precious about him.
Ds2 has been snubbed by her before, not invited to birthday parties, always having an excuse why he can't go round to play etc. I haven't been much bothered up until now, these things happen.
However, when I heard that she'd told her son not to play with mine I was livid.
Ds2 is lively, but no more so than any other boy in his class. The boy concerned is quite happy to play with him when his mother is not doing dinner lady duty, so it's not as if he doesn't like him. He just said that he couldn't play with him when his mother was watching.
I think it's shocking behaviour.
I might not like some of ds2's friend choices but I would never tell him to ignore a child he wanted to play with .
It concerns me also that this woman is a part time dinner lady at the school, responsible, to a degree for the welfare of the children and that she then has an attitude like this..
I am going to say something, but I would like ideas as to how I might put things. Or should I just slap her?