Stuck in the middle with blue

[grammarwoman]

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.

Comments

[dsjones.livejournal.com]

My first thought was, "Oh how inconsiderate of you to have a child that doesn't conform to sitting idly by and not try to express himself!"

I understand to a point that they are probably concerned about other parents getting upset, pulling their kid (equals loss of income) or leading to legal issues (you weren't watching my kid close enough...blah blah blah). When I used to work in daycare, they actually had protocol to deal with such issues. But to jump the bandwagon by pushing the problem onto a medical/physical issue is just plain wrong and irritating. They should find other distractions for him...EVERY parenting article I've read suggests this FIRST for biters, climbers and kids who won't listen/or can't express their frustrations properly just yet.

You'd think in a place that deals with so many kids, they would have realized that each kid is different in their own way. It's a shame they don't want to try to work with him to help him grow, instead, they want to push it off on something else.

Sorry hon, I know this constant battle with daycare is making you go crazy! *hug* You've probably already checked, but is there any other daycare in town that gives the same high level of academics, but perhaps have better interaction with the kids in their charge? (It's sad that, generally, there would have to be a choice between those two things.)

[grammarwoman]

Well, the meeting was this morning, and I'll be doing a write-up about it.

Long story short, we really weren't aware of how aggressive he's being with the other kids, to the point that other parents have mentioned their concerns because their kids are saying things like "[The Emperor] pushed me today!"

Thanks for the *hug*. TGIF, eh?