If it isn`t one thing, it`s another.
Guess who had a meltdown at preschool today? No, wait -- the teacher called it a major meltdown. Yeah -- my "good" kid.
At snacktime, he wanted to sit next to his friend, but another boy got their first. So he cried -- louder and louder, when he didn't get his way. His teacher said he`d never done anything like this before.
"I had to pick him up and remove him, and he didn`t like that at all," said his teacher. "So he didn`t eat any of his snack today. You need to talk to him about this!"
"Um....what angle should I take?"
The teacher looked at me as if I were a little slow.
"You need to tell him that crying isn`t how he gets what he wants, and it bothers everyone."
"Ah....well... he knows that. He does this a lot at home, usually with his brother, and he knows it never gets him what he wants. "
In fact, come to think of it, rarely does a day go by in which Little Son doesn't have a "major meltdown" at home, over some disagreement with Big Son.
The teacher blamed this episode on the fact that Little Son`s best friend at preschool, next to whom he used to sit every day, recently moved to Arizona. But that`s not what Little Son told me, when I asked him about it.
"Yeah, I cried a lot today. I cried so much I got the hiccups!" he said. "I cry when I`m hurt, or when someone hurts my feelings, and the other boy hurt my feelings by stealing my chair."
"But he wasn`t stealing it if he got to it first," I pointed out.
"But it was the chair next to MY friend!" said Little Son.
I wouldn`t care much about this, but Little Son is applying to kindergarten at the big kids` Catholic school, and until now, I just assumed he would get in, since I volunteer there a lot and we pay our tuitiion on time.
This year, though, there`s more applications than openings, and since our family isn`t bona fide Catholic, we might be at a disadvantage. (For those of you new to this blog -- I am Catholic who is no longer eligible to receive communion so I don`t think I count, Hub is a heathen anti-Catholic, and our kids are baptized but Hub insists they`re not Catholic. We pay the non-parish rate at the school.)
In fact, Little Son`s kindergarten interview is....this Saturday.
Perfect timing for him to turn into a howling animal!
At snacktime, he wanted to sit next to his friend, but another boy got their first. So he cried -- louder and louder, when he didn't get his way. His teacher said he`d never done anything like this before.
"I had to pick him up and remove him, and he didn`t like that at all," said his teacher. "So he didn`t eat any of his snack today. You need to talk to him about this!"
"Um....what angle should I take?"
The teacher looked at me as if I were a little slow.
"You need to tell him that crying isn`t how he gets what he wants, and it bothers everyone."
"Ah....well... he knows that. He does this a lot at home, usually with his brother, and he knows it never gets him what he wants. "
In fact, come to think of it, rarely does a day go by in which Little Son doesn't have a "major meltdown" at home, over some disagreement with Big Son.
The teacher blamed this episode on the fact that Little Son`s best friend at preschool, next to whom he used to sit every day, recently moved to Arizona. But that`s not what Little Son told me, when I asked him about it.
"Yeah, I cried a lot today. I cried so much I got the hiccups!" he said. "I cry when I`m hurt, or when someone hurts my feelings, and the other boy hurt my feelings by stealing my chair."
"But he wasn`t stealing it if he got to it first," I pointed out.
"But it was the chair next to MY friend!" said Little Son.
I wouldn`t care much about this, but Little Son is applying to kindergarten at the big kids` Catholic school, and until now, I just assumed he would get in, since I volunteer there a lot and we pay our tuitiion on time.
This year, though, there`s more applications than openings, and since our family isn`t bona fide Catholic, we might be at a disadvantage. (For those of you new to this blog -- I am Catholic who is no longer eligible to receive communion so I don`t think I count, Hub is a heathen anti-Catholic, and our kids are baptized but Hub insists they`re not Catholic. We pay the non-parish rate at the school.)
In fact, Little Son`s kindergarten interview is....this Saturday.
Perfect timing for him to turn into a howling animal!
posted by L. at 12:48 PM
6 Comments:
Remind me, why are you "Catholic who is no longer eligible to receive communion"?
Becase I married Hub! Who insisted that our kids would be Buddhist! And told this to the priest who married us! (And I said I was fine with this, so we couldn`t have a mass or communion at the wedding.)
In addition to all of my liberal social views, my heretical marriage is the "biggie."
I reality, I know no one would give a rat`s ass if I received communion, but I think it`s best to be honest and consistent.
Um, I think that one day of crying, since mostly they adore him, it won't be a big deal.
I heard about the crazyness of school in San Francisco....man I thought it was nuts here....but isn't he an automatic in, since both your other kids go there?
One meltdown at school? Wouldn't it be more serious if he never had one?
Maybe you're at an advantage since you pay higher tuition?
Crappy thing to say, but let's hope I'm right. :)
Wow! At our little catholic school, with three kids, the difference between non-parish-non-catholic tuition and parish-catholic tuition, is a huge amount. Kudos to hubby for standing by his principals.
At our school, people who already have kids in the school have preference over other applications. So you may not be at the very bottom of the barrel in terms of chances of getting him in. And one tantrum? If my kid only has one a day at school, he's doing good. His teacher needs to get a grip!
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