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To be FUMING by precious bloody snotty parents

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jesusofutopia · 24/11/2008 10:01

This morning I took my children to school and was approached by 4 parents who had obviously 'planned' to speak to me together. They basically asked if I would re-consider my son's chosen secondary school for next September as their children are also going there and "don't want to be bothered by him for the next 6 years"

I asked what they were talking about and one of them got really snotty with me and said "He's managed to disrupt their education for the past 5 years, we're not going to put up with it all through secondary too".

My son has ADHD and yes he can be a handful but to say this to someone??!

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jesusofutopia · 26/11/2008 13:41

Thanks Rhubarb (I think! )

Alot of people didn't seem to see much wrong with the friend who have her kids lager and my neighbour is ok now. I took her bin in for her this morning.

The Christmas tree is also genuine, I bought some lovely silver and red decorations for it this morning.

I don't know what to say! I guess it does all sound a bit odd but I'm not making any of it up!

I still don't know who is using my bin but I'm going to make sure it's proper full next week so they can't use it.

And I was on wife-swap once. (Ok, I made that bit up).

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Rhubarb · 26/11/2008 13:46

There you go you see! You do have a bit of a wicked side to you!

Actually my mother in law has little skulls and backbones of animals (she lives on a farm) and she sprays them gold and silver and hangs them on her tree!

I cannot believe that most people are ok with two children necking a bottle of lager each. I shall have to sift through that thread. But you really do have a very strange life!

WifeandMotherof4 · 26/11/2008 13:49

Oh my God. That is really awful.
Practically I would approach the current school as if your DS is able to be disruptive then he is obviously not getting the support he needs, not blaming him at all. But for these parents to feel the need to speak to you then their children must be talking about it and your DS probably knows which must be terrible for him and probably does not help with his condition. You may find that he finds the children of these women, and perhaps others, are making his schhol life pretty crappy.

WifeandMotherof4 · 26/11/2008 13:53

Is condition PC? apologies if not.

MorrisZapp · 26/11/2008 13:55

JOF can you clarify how you feel about kids wanting to leave a school because of another kids behaviour?

On the bully thread it proved that you were right and that the kid should be sorted out, but on the SN thread it proves that the parents of the kids who want to leave are snotty and precious.

Unless I have misunderstood.

AccioPinotGrigio · 26/11/2008 14:00

I know a mother who gives her 9 year old a bottle of WKD every Friday with a bag of sweets.

Jesus, Your primary school head teacher sounds like a shithouse. I have no idea what to suggest but there has been some good advice here on what steps to take.

PeachyAndTheSucklingBas · 26/11/2008 14:12

ok from another angle, I hope you read the thread i linked to earlier to realise I know how it feels. but.

its reallly hard for a school to send a child or suggest an sn unit no matter what their needs are. as a result I find it hard to know what ds1 gets up to in school and have th full info I need to make decisions. and even if i were certain ds1 needed a unit (and I am not) i've only just managed to get my more severe sn ds3 into one (well pending three billion forms )

the thing is the only thing you can do s put yourself in the other parents shoes. no question they are handling things very poorly, but what do they do? like you they want the best for their child.

I try very hard tro see things from the side of ds1's 'victims' (in brackets as he doesnt understand his actions really). i try hard to respond tp them in a way I would wish to be treated in that situation myself, but without harmong ds1 or making him think I am not 100% there for him.

its hard and I mess up at times but its the only way when we have demanding children. sadly.

now, how to approach it now?

write a etter / email to the school senco stating that in light of the convo with the head dated XXXXXX, arrangements need to be made which allow your lo to cobtiue his schooling in the same environment whilst maintaining a desirable standard of saftey and academic environment for his peer group.

copy it to the lea, parents etc

if he has a statement use it as ammo for n emergency revirew as clearly he needs more help; if not use it as a basis for getting one.

do make sure you copy lea in at every stage; they are your police iykwim.

If youre a troll oh well, i am just doing my best but i hope not as re-reading my arlier thread made me cry.

PrettyCandles · 26/11/2008 14:14

Even if JOU is a troll, surely this is a thread that harms nobody but informs everybody? If you've had no dealings with SN children in school, or if your child is having to cope with a distruptive classmate (SN or otherwise), you could well find that this thread is helpful. After filtering out some of the more extreme, nasty-as-a-result-of-being-angry, responses.

cheeset · 26/11/2008 14:14

OMG, JOU sounds normal to me so I'm beginning to get a little worried/suspicious about myself now. I'm not joking.

Rhubarb said-

  1. In the past 2 weeks you've posted about your dh getting you the same presents for your birthday each year.
My response Quite conceivable
  1. You have a friend who gives her 8 and 9 year old dcs a whole bottle of lager each at Christmas.
My response Iresponsible
  1. You made your shy neighbour cry by jumping out and screaming at her.
My response A little crazy maybe but quite funny?>
  1. You want to blow snot all over the headmistress at your dc's school.
My response After reading about all the drama surrounding DS, understandable.
  1. You're getting a black Christmas tree!
My response A little unorthodox but I bet people thought that about white/silver trees a few years back?

Should I be worried?

PeachyAndTheSucklingBas · 26/11/2008 14:14

apols typos, bf again

dustystar · 26/11/2008 14:17

I agree with everyhting peachy has said. My ds has AS and ADHD and can be disruptive and also violent. I am mindful of how his behaviour affects others around him and understand that if I was the parent of one of the children on the receiving end of one of his outbursts I would be angry and worried. I am fortunate never to have been on the recieving end of such unpleasantness from other parents but i hope if I was i would be able to handle it with the dignity and presence of mind that peachy has done.

You don't mention if your ds has a statement but from what you have said it sounds as though he could do with one.

Webstermum · 26/11/2008 14:18

what's a troll?

Rhubarb · 26/11/2008 14:21

Who's mentioned troll?

A troll is someone who name-changes or pretends to be someone they are not. This can be very funny or it can be weird, or it can be aggressive, or it can be grasping.

I don't think JOU is one now, but she sure does lead a strange life!

PeachyAndTheSucklingBas · 26/11/2008 14:21

a troll is bsically somene who starts threads for a buzz with no rl cause

bigbaubleeyes · 26/11/2008 14:28

Sorry JOU but I thought the same as rhubarb you do seem busy.

I am genuinely sorry for those witches being awful to you at the school.

I suppose I have asked of MN recently advice and chatted about

  1. possible redundancy/discrimmination at work
  2. TTC
  3. self help for Depression
  4. Guidnace on a liver test but it was atually something else!

So i guess we all have busy times with stuff but its just different - I wish you well

bigbaubleeyes · 26/11/2008 14:30

Rhubarb someone mentioned the troll thing much earlier in thread and a few got suspicious inc me which I am sorry for. no one like to feel they arebeing 'played' rught? even on MN

stoppinattwo · 26/11/2008 14:35

I was going to buy a black chrismas tree!!!!

They look cool

cory · 26/11/2008 14:41

Peachy gives excellent advice. Something positive needs to come out of this and this is the way to do it.

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