The Question IS Will I Survive Kindergarten?
As most of you know our son started Kindergarten two weeks ago and I have talked about it at length already here: First Day of Kindergarten here , 2nd day andKindergarten Through The Eyes of A Child but now it's taken a whole different turn.
Now it's time to talk crushes and bullies in kinder-freakin'-garten!
There is already a child at our son's school that is causing problems with the ENTIRE class! The kid is going around jumping on, crawling on and just basically being a pest to all the other kids in the room including our son so I guess he is really not your typical bully but a pest/problem child of sorts. I told FB that if this kid bothers him again to give the kid a warning. If the warning doesn't work and the kid continues to jump or crawl on him then it's ok to push him away or even punch him away. I don't like the thought of having my child having to hit another child. This simply should not be going on BUT at the same time this may be the only thing to work. :( Yes, I'm fully aware that saying this will probably bring the trolls out!
And last night before bed FB asked me what a crush was. Then he proceeded to say that a girl in his class said she had a crush on him and he had to run from her because she tried to kiss him. OMFG! I guess I should be happy that he's quite the ladies man but little girl's need to keep their mouths away from my son. Germs! Ewww!
If you have a child in Kindergarten this year I'd love to hear what you are going through!
* Don't forget to enter the Name Your Tune Personalized Kids CD Contest . It ends Monday August 27, 2007 11:59pm EST. Two parents will win a personalized music cd for their child!Labels: kindergarten
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As most of you know our son started Kindergarten two weeks ago and I have talked about it at length already here: First Day of Kindergarten here , 2nd day andKindergarten Through The Eyes of A Child but now it's taken a whole different turn.
Now it's time to talk crushes and bullies in kinder-freakin'-garten!
There is already a child at our son's school that is causing problems with the ENTIRE class! The kid is going around jumping on, crawling on and just basically being a pest to all the other kids in the room including our son so I guess he is really not your typical bully but a pest/problem child of sorts. I told FB that if this kid bothers him again to give the kid a warning. If the warning doesn't work and the kid continues to jump or crawl on him then it's ok to push him away or even punch him away. I don't like the thought of having my child having to hit another child. This simply should not be going on BUT at the same time this may be the only thing to work. :( Yes, I'm fully aware that saying this will probably bring the trolls out!
And last night before bed FB asked me what a crush was. Then he proceeded to say that a girl in his class said she had a crush on him and he had to run from her because she tried to kiss him. OMFG! I guess I should be happy that he's quite the ladies man but little girl's need to keep their mouths away from my son. Germs! Ewww!
If you have a child in Kindergarten this year I'd love to hear what you are going through!
* Don't forget to enter the Name Your Tune Personalized Kids CD Contest . It ends Monday August 27, 2007 11:59pm EST. Two parents will win a personalized music cd for their child!
Now it's time to talk crushes and bullies in kinder-freakin'-garten!
There is already a child at our son's school that is causing problems with the ENTIRE class! The kid is going around jumping on, crawling on and just basically being a pest to all the other kids in the room including our son so I guess he is really not your typical bully but a pest/problem child of sorts. I told FB that if this kid bothers him again to give the kid a warning. If the warning doesn't work and the kid continues to jump or crawl on him then it's ok to push him away or even punch him away. I don't like the thought of having my child having to hit another child. This simply should not be going on BUT at the same time this may be the only thing to work. :( Yes, I'm fully aware that saying this will probably bring the trolls out!
And last night before bed FB asked me what a crush was. Then he proceeded to say that a girl in his class said she had a crush on him and he had to run from her because she tried to kiss him. OMFG! I guess I should be happy that he's quite the ladies man but little girl's need to keep their mouths away from my son. Germs! Ewww!
If you have a child in Kindergarten this year I'd love to hear what you are going through!
* Don't forget to enter the Name Your Tune Personalized Kids CD Contest . It ends Monday August 27, 2007 11:59pm EST. Two parents will win a personalized music cd for their child!
Labels: kindergarten
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7 Comments:
A crush!?! In Kindergarten? That seems early. Doesn't that seem early? When I was in Kindergarten, I didn't even notice that boys and girls were all that different, all I could think about was being the first to get to the giant cardboard space shuttle during playtime so I could be the astronaut. Kids are growing up to fast these days!
And now I feel 100 years old because I can't believe I just said that.
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My daughter starts kindie next week.
I just wrote about the orientation last night, which did not settle our nerves AT ALL!
We dealt with a similar sort of bully situation the last two years of preschool, and last year everyone had "boyfriends" and "girlfriends" which, as best I could tell, simply meant the boys and girls had a "cootie pass" and could talk to one another.
Sorry about the problem child issue. In our case, my daughter was singled out.
But let me know if you ever want personal experience and so forth.
Hang in there and thanks for writing about all this!
My friends have acted like I am crazy to be worried and thinking about all of this.
Julie
Ravin' Picture Maven
Hang in there. Although it feels so strange, he is learning about the world, be it the love/hate part ... HUGS!
I'm sorry you are going through all of this. You will survive, I promise.
Amanda I'm sorry I didnt check the other email, if you want to find me email me at my original email. I don't ever check the blog one LOL... I know sad.
Hugs.
Jumping on other students... hmmm. sounds like the "problem child" has difficulty initiating social contact. If given assistance in how to do that effectively, this child might end up being a good friend to some of those kids that for now he is pestering. Sometimes it is about perspective.
This child may acclimate in a little bit and be fine. If he has difficulty with transitions / new situations, this could be his way of attempting to cope.
I know... because my son did that in Kindergarten - and was expelled.
Once he was crushed with no longer being able to attend school, and we worked HARD on training him, he had a much better shot on his second school.
Still, My son will probably continue to pester kids in 1st grade, but hopefully not to the extent he did in K. And we have some tools to help "remind" him better ways of coping.
My son started kindergarten 8 days ago, and today visted the PRINCIPAL's office TWICE!!! He is hitting other kids and trying to de-pants them! WTF! I am trying soooo hard not to freak, but realize that as brilliant as he is academically he is so far behind the curve socially & emotionally. So, have patience... sometimes the bullies (and their frustrated Mommies) are having just as hard of a time!
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