i heard a dad describe his dd as "not the birghtest button"

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On my four year old's last day of playschool, he gave half his gingerbread man to a little girl who has spied it and said "Oh I wish I had a gingerbread man!"

I don't give an elephant turd how 'clever' he is, he and his brother are the brightest stars in my sky.

Feel free to vom.

LOL I describe my son as "Not exactly academic"

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My NEA ds went on a school trip yesterday and bought me and dh some sweets with the spending money he had!

FFTV

I never put them down in their hearing.

If the kids don't do well at something they normaly get a 'chuck on the arm' and 'never mind, we can't be great at everything, and you tried hard, which is the important bit'

I wouldn't put DS or DD down but I have expressed my frustration to DH when I thought DS didn't get something after all my efforts and excellent tuition.

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i heard a dad say this about his youngest daughter once. unlike his first she didn't teach herself how to read at 2, but instead only at 3 was starting to slowly recognise some letters.
i think this is sad. both his dd-s were in the room when he shared this piece of info with me.

see honey, this is where I would think to myself..are you for real (the dad now) and competitive parenting syndrom does spring to mind....why would it even be important if a child is able to read at that age....really..as long as they learn to read eventually (of course rather sooner then later)....does it matter?

Your child is how they are and you love them for it.
Haven't read most of the posts but really as someone with a dearly loved SN child I think that dad should feel ucki*ng blessed for having a delightful normal child.

exactly, i was soooo shocked to hear him say this. our ds1 is now 3.9 and doesn't read/write either, i am sure he could and would if we had pushed him more ('cause he's actually really clever ).
i asked him (the dad) what they were supposed to learn in (pre)school if they could already read... i think he was shocked at my comment. his dd2 is by no means as dim as a dishcloth btw... i would say she's bright and v.friendly.

That's really said, Honey.

I'd be worried about the old self-fulfilling prophecy. I know people say they wouldn't say in in their child's hearing, but I bet the child knows, all the same.

Watch out for when they go quiet when you and DH are talking ... My Dd1 is terrible for that, and she stores it all up for later....