To think this school mum was being ridiculous?

[ruhmes]

DD is 7, and she went back to school yesterday, this morning, a school mum, came to me and told me that DD kept telling her class about going to see her dad abroad and how he bought her a lot of things, and told me I should talk to DD about telling lies as she saw her dad pick her up from school yesterday (he came back with us and is going to stay here for a few weeks for work and so he can see DD often etc). I told her DD wasn't lying about her summer holiday, the mum then said that DD is going to grow up being spoilt, and that she shouldn't have been showing off (I don't think she was, she was just excited).

AIBU to think she was being ridiculous?

A kid was excitedly talking about their summer...

there is nothing wrong with this..

Perhaps this woman's DC came home from school, whining about how Miniruhmes did this, got bought that and got taken to the other and why can't I and it's not faaaaaaaaaaair, etc. and she simply cannot provide the same. Of course this is no excuse for what she said to you but there's a chance that her life is a bit shit right now.

That mum is rude and a bully and you should take steps to avoid her in the future. Toxic alert.

I grew up less well off than a lot of my friends at school. I never got to go on holidays abroad or stay at holiday parks or resorts. There were toys, clothes and activities that I wanted but couldn’t have.

But I was never jealous of my friends or classmates who had all that. I loved hearing about their holidays. I loved playing, talking, sharing ideas, joking, laughing etc. It’s called socialising.

I don’t think children’s conversations should be censored too much by adults. Their conversations and interactions should be natural.

Jealousy is an awful character trait. Better to teach children not to be jealous than to teach them to hold themselves back or pretend they have less in order to protect someone from their own jealousy.

Comparison is the thief of joy. Perhaps we can teach children not to measure themselves against other people but rather to measure their own progress and be the best they can be.

Ypur daughter isn't called Alyssa is she ?

That mum is projecting. She couldn't take her dc away and feels bad about it. No reason to take it out on you and dd though! That was totally inappropriate.

Also for those suggesting the teacher initiated Summer conversations, we tend to stay away from that now. Not every kid has a good Summer and we don't want additional upset over it.

@Jaguar77

Ypur daughter isn't called Alyssa is she ?

Are you the shouty mum?

should of just asked her if she was normally that rude

What a weird woman I hope she is on here reading this thread . Might make her think 🤔

I suspect her own child came home and was jealous or annoyed so she stuck her neb in.

When she found out it was true she got all embarrassed and tried to justify it another way.

Rude bitch, she would be on my “ignore list” from now on.

How embarrassing for her! All she would have got from me would have been an eyeroll and a 'righto' as i walked off. what a weirdo

Reminds me of this story:

6/7 year old tells everyone at school his uncle is superman. Even the teacher tells him off for telling lies and takes the mum to one side to let her know that her son needs to stop lying.
So one day the boys uncle takes him to school - he was Henry Cavill who plays superman!!
Wish I’d been a fly on the wall, what a brilliant way to stick it to the doubters!!

Remember Jonny depp saying his dd then that she told her class that her daddy was a pirate. Could trigger a similar conversation!

What a prat op I cringed reading this. How dare she!

She’s a butter, imagine an adult being jealous of a 7 year old. I’d have tore her a new one if she said my kid was a liar and spoiled, who the fuck does she think she is, nasty cow!