God, there are some muppet dads on the loose at the mo. They need time on their own with their children to get some sense of the job in hand.
It makes me very sad to hear about any one of our band having their basic rights ignored ...
I was at Ds's school parents' association meeting tonight so lots of chat about the centenary celebrations in two weeks time. It's going to be great if we get good weather especially.
Thanks so much for all your kind words for DS. It is an awful situation really as the boy doing it has had a horrific childhood and is with a wonderfully caring foster family who are working so hard to help him fulfil his potential.
I've spoken really honestly to the mum involved and said I'll do all I can to support her but that part of that support means putting a stop to the playdates that she and the boy have been really keen to pursue.
The alternative was to make up small excuses for cancelling, because the school aren't keeping her, or me, informed about the way things are going.
Things were better today, so that is a start. It is just impossible to know whether nurture now will be able to undo damage done at an early stage.
I want to help, but don't want DS to suffer either. He is so jumpy at the moment ...
DD2 has figured out what trips to the beach are about. When we got there she started miming throwing stones into the water and shouting 'ro, ro'