Hi - feeling mortified and furious about my 8 year old DDs behaviour today. I got spoken to by the teacher because she pulled a boys trousers down in the playground. (Not his pants, thank goodness). Obviously the school are not happy about it - she was sent to another classroom. I am furious with her and don't understand why she did this. She is generally fairly good, although she does get a bit silly sometimes.
I asked her why she did it, and she says she doesn't know. I think she was probably trying to make everyone laugh.
What I am even more cross about is that a few weeks ago, a boy pulled down my 5 year old DS's pants when they were getting changed for PE, (I found out from the teacher, who spoke to the boy and his parents), and we all had a chat about how this was not a nice thing to do, and why you shouldn't do it.
So to find out a few weeks later that she has done a similar thing to another boy at school is infuriating especially as she is 3 years older and should know better.
So now I know how it feels from both sides of the situation. We have confiscated her gadgets and she is on a computer ban. I have talked to her about how the boy must feel and how unhappy I am about this sort of behaviour.
Like many 8 year olds she can be a bit moody and wilful sometimes, at other times quite helpful and kind. But at school recently she has been quite well-behaved so this is out of the blue.
Has anyone else's child done this? What would you do?
I am too embarrassed to talk to any of my friends about it!