My daughter ( 10 ) attended a two day personal development course organised by her school in order to help prepare them for the move up to secondary school. After the first day, I received an email from the school saying that some parents may have found the content of the course inappropriate, and gave the contact details of the course provider. I didn’t see my daughter until the end of the second day ( she was at her dad’s ). I asked her what they had learnt on the course, she said they told them about a boy who went up to secondary school and started to get bullied relentlessly, in the end he committed suicide. Then their teachers were asked to leave the room ( ? ) and they were told the story of a 15 year old girl who went to a party and was raped.
Apparently four of the children left the room upset, one of whom had a panic attack. My daughter was certainly disturbed by it all. The move up to Secondary School is daunting enough without horror stories.
I read the information e mail before she went and it just said they would be discussing challenging issues, nowhere did it mention suicide and rape. I am really angry that she has been subjected to this and wish to complain.....any advice on how to proceed ? Also ....AIBU ?