To say that all kids....

[TheLostNights]

In the class end up being written in the newsletter as 'Star of the week' at some point or other during the year?
DD's friends mum was boasting heavily about her daughter getting it yet I've seen a different name every week on there and not the same particular kids?

She's proud. That's OK. It's nice for the kids to have those moments of adults being proud of them too.

Aw well, yes, probably but YWBU to tell her- let her DD have her moment in the sun and let her enjoy the reflected glory!

So glad my DD's school doesn't buy into this nonsense.

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Would never comment on it to her. Just think she sees it as a special individual honour where as it just goes to everyone in the class eventually.
She boasts about a lot so shouldn't really take any notice

Having been a TA for about twenty years, I can categorically state that there will be a tick list and every child will be selected at some point.

That being said, it gets tricky in the summer term.

It would be weird if she wasn’t proud of her daughter and supportive of her efforts in school.

Why tricky in the summer term?

Do not engage. Just let it wash over you.

Oh leave her alone, she's proud of her child.

It is allowed you know!

Because you've got a handful of kids left who haven't had it yet, and they're generally the kids who haven't done anything to deserve it all year, and then you have to start inventing reasons for them to have it. Little Jimmy didn't hit anyone this week, Star Award for him!

I definitely put it on FB when my son got Star if the Week. I remember being delighted, and yes, I knew every child got it. My son was also over joyed, having waited most of the year for his turn.

How is that inventing a reason though?

If little Jimmy has been prone to hitting kids all year and he's finally managed to stop, surely he'd deserve star of the week?

Because for that particular child, it is a big achievement.

@TeapotTitties that is a very good point.

I couldn't begrudge someone being proud of their child. Don't you want the child to feel supported and loved? Would you rather she told her she wasn't special and everyone gets the award for nothing anyway?

I'm a teacher. I have a list and tick names off every term. Can you imagine the uproar if one child didn't get one and one got 2!?!?!?! 😯

I’ve posted them before. Ds finds school work hard and invariably gets them for resilience or friendship or kindness. I love that his school recognise that as much as academic achievement (at least to the children).
If a friend judged my child getting it, frankly it says more about them.

Yeah I really don't get why people boast about it surely on some level they know all the kids get a turn.

I don’t see it as boasting. Let’s say when my step dad died and dh was critically ill last year and Ds got one, I was proud of him trying so hard in the shitstorm of life.