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grammarwoman) wrote2009-03-04 04:09 pm
grammarwoman) wrote2009-03-04 04:09 pm
Stuck in the middle with blue
I am tired, y'all. A big part of it is my insistence on sabotaging myself at night -- when I look at the time and it's 11 PM, I should be thinking "Wrap it up!" Instead, I try for one more thing and the next time I look, it's almost midnight.
But then on top of that, there's days like today, where it seems like everyone is getting beaten down. One friend's company is getting shut down, another is getting impossible-to-follow advice from her doc, and this morning I got a call from daycare, asking me to come in for a conference about the Emperor. "Have you thought about seeing a physician?" they ask me, worried that yesterday he hit a friend and today he was running around the room and yelling. "Have you considered that he's an active 4-year-old boy who wants to run around?" I want to scream at them.
I don't want him to get booted from this daycare, because it's been a fabulous experience for him for the most part. He's thriving academically, and his language skills have improved by leaps and bounds since he's moved up to the next class, but his current teachers (as I've complained before) are not my ideal. I'm wondering how it would be received if I were to suggest to them that maybe he would be a better fit in a different class. I'm also pondering if it would be rude to ask them if the teachers were parents themselves, and if they have any experience raising little boys.
I talked to my dad about this a while back, and he rolled his eyes and said that he thought the Emperor was just being a gifted little boy. He suggested I read The Trouble with Boys. Maybe I'll find a copy and bring it with me to the meeting on Friday.
I hate confrontation.
But then on top of that, there's days like today, where it seems like everyone is getting beaten down. One friend's company is getting shut down, another is getting impossible-to-follow advice from her doc, and this morning I got a call from daycare, asking me to come in for a conference about the Emperor. "Have you thought about seeing a physician?" they ask me, worried that yesterday he hit a friend and today he was running around the room and yelling. "Have you considered that he's an active 4-year-old boy who wants to run around?" I want to scream at them.
I don't want him to get booted from this daycare, because it's been a fabulous experience for him for the most part. He's thriving academically, and his language skills have improved by leaps and bounds since he's moved up to the next class, but his current teachers (as I've complained before) are not my ideal. I'm wondering how it would be received if I were to suggest to them that maybe he would be a better fit in a different class. I'm also pondering if it would be rude to ask them if the teachers were parents themselves, and if they have any experience raising little boys.
I talked to my dad about this a while back, and he rolled his eyes and said that he thought the Emperor was just being a gifted little boy. He suggested I read The Trouble with Boys. Maybe I'll find a copy and bring it with me to the meeting on Friday.
I hate confrontation.
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They suggested that you take your son to see A PHYSICIAN because he hit a kid and then ran around?
WhabuHUH?
I have a DISTINCT memories of getting huge chunks of time put aside specifically for Running Around And Yelling when *I* was four and in daycare, and I also have a specific memory of actually BITING one of my friends at that age. If I recall, they washed my mouth out with soap, made me sit in the corner, and then told my mom when she came.
Then again, my daycare was a local affair staffed by older women (all of whom had had their own kids) at a neighborhood rec center, so things were very nonscientific. But something tells me that a bunch of Experienced Moms letting a bunch of kids--I dunno--ACT LIKE FREAKING KIDS probably did me no lasting harm.
I'm sorry that your son's teachers are so freaking stupid.
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I really want to ask the teachers if they're parents. I just don't know if that will set me up as a Difficult Parent that they'll feel justified in ignoring my concerns.