If your child said he hopes a certain child isn't in his class...

WWYD?

The other night DS told me he hopes a certain child ( who was in his per k class last year) isn't in his K class this year. He says he is always in the time out chair, says things he shouldn't say, knocks over DS's buildings when he plays, etc.

I know these are not horrible things. I think there will always be people in life who are tough to get along with... In a way it's not a bad thing for DS to learn these things now. . I just feel bad for him, bc I wouldn't want to be around this boy either .

Can't get DS's comment off my mind.

Re: If your child said he hopes a certain child isn't in his class...

Posted by mrandmrs12

WWYD?

The other night DS told me he hopes a certain child ( who was in his per k class last year) isn't in his K class this year. He says he is always in the time out chair, says things he shouldn't say, knocks over DS's buildings when he plays, etc.

I know these are not horrible things. I think there will always be people in life who are tough to get along with... In a way it's not a bad thing for DS to learn these things now. . I just feel bad for him, bc I wouldn't want to be around this boy either .

Can't get DS's comment off my mind.

Re: If your child said he hopes a certain child isn't in his class...

I think you hit the nail on the head-in life we can't always choose who we are in school with/work with, etc so I wouldn't do anything other then talk about that underlying lesson.

The only way I might interfere is if it was a child bullying mine or if my child and the other child were really troublesome when together.

Re: If your child said he hopes a certain child isn't in his class...

Re: If your child said he hopes a certain child isn't in his class...

It's hard to hear or see but like others said this is a life lesson. My son loves everyone and is very easy going. Hates trouble and bad behavior - gets nervous around it. There was an incident the summer before he started camp where he was punched repeated by another student for what I was told by the camp - out of nowhere. Of course of all the kids in his camp group this child was going to be in my son's class in the fall. My son who never is a forgive and move on kid was very upset. I did make the teacher aware of the situation before school started because I really didn't want my son's first experience/day in K being horrible and asked if the first day they could not be seated together (to my surprise the teacher wasn't as receptive as I had hoped....didn't want to know who the other child was - I saw part of her reasoning but at the same time - my son was physically attacked - they even threw the kid out of camp for some time after this).

I taught my son he has to be nice to everyone and friendly but doesn't have to be everyone's best friend. I tell him to be friends with children who make you happy and treat you well. I teach my kids to walk away if they see a situation where someone is causing trouble. He did so the entire year. Spoke very little of this child and was not bothered by him. This year they are in camp together again and now best buds...so go figure.

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My son said he doesn't want a birthday party if a certain kid is in his 1st grade class because he will have to invite him and DS does not want him at his party. I find that really sad, that because of one kid DS doesn't like, he would forgo his entire party. So being PC is already an issue in 1st grade.