Did I do the right thing?
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| Wed, 04-18-2007 - 10:12pm |
Hannah comes home from school and tells me she hates so and so. I ask her why and she shows me her binder. It's a picture of something scratched out. I tell her to draw what's scratched out. She draws a p. I'm livid. I know the 8th grader. I went to Cape Cod with her mother a few years ago. We were on the executive board on the PTA together. I think about this and think about this. I finally call the mother and tell her I'm livid. She was really nice. Told me her daughter wasn't home but that she would get to the bottom of it. That her daughter needs to buy Hannah a new binder, blah, blah, blah.
Now, I haven't told Hannah that I talked to the mother but when I do she'll be ticked. Sorry but I hate it when 8th graders pick on 7th graders. This is the thing that the 8th graders are doing to the 7th graders. Drawing P's on their binders. It's a peer pressure thing. I told Hannah that if I get a phone call from a mother telling me that she drew a P on her dd's binder I'd be very disappointed, amongst other things I said, like I'd kick her butt.
Would you call the mother or let it go?



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You said, Dontcha love busybody moms like us! LOL!
Do you think we're busybodies? I know that most (((PTA))) parents are more involved in their childs schooling and the comings and goings at the school. We might be a little more vocal about things that happen at the school or with their child. KWIM?
Perhaps "busybody" would be a name given to us, but I like to see myself as an involved and caring parent...someone who actually CARES what my child is doing and who they're doing it with! Definitely NOT a helicopter parent but someone who WANTS to know if my kids are breaking the law so I can reinforce our family's values on the matter!
Denise
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I'll be like a supreme court judge and write a dissenting opinion - lol.
Yes, I think it's way overkill for kids that age to have a parent calling another parent to complain over something so small. Stuff happens and you can't involve yourself so much into your kids lives. I would never ever call a parent over some minor infraction.
Why were you livid? It was rude and gross and you two could have discussed that at the store to buy a new binder.
I mean she's 8th grade, not 8 right? Will you still be tattling on her friends in high school?
I'd have hung up from the phone with you, rolled my eyes and told my kid to stay away from yours. She meant something major like smoking, not something tiny.
BTW... I'm an involved parent too. I just let my kids handle some things on their own so someday they're fully capable adults.
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