Henry told me about school today . . .
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| Wed, 03-21-2007 - 10:22pm |
Today, for the first time ever, Henry told me about something that upset him at school today. He was having a really rough afternoon--just pitching a fit about every little thing. I finally asked him if he was okay or if something happened at school today. He said, "Well, I had an okay day at school. But when I told Jayden that my birthday was tomorrow, he said, 'Who cares?!'" And then Henry's big green eyes welled up with tears, and he started to cry. I told him that I care because his birthday is reallly special and that was really mean of Jayden to say that.
I asked Henry what he did after that. He said he told Mrs. G, and Jayden had to move his clip. I told him I was proud of him for doing the right thing and not being mean back to Jayden. He asked why he shouldn't be mean back, and I told him then he would get in trouble, also.
This incident is SO significant to me on so many levels. First of all, I'm not sure that he has ever been upset by something like that at school before--even if someone had said something, I don't think he would have understood that the other kid was being mean. Second, he hasn't ever related a previous happening to the way he was feeling at a later time. Third, he was actually socializing and telling a little boy in his class about his birthday. And then that boy has to be mean, thereby minimizing the chance that Henry will try that again. Fourth, he never tells me anything about school aside from what they do in art or music or whatever. I love that he told me about it, but I'm so sad that it happened.

oh my goodness!
Isaac had a tough day at school too, well 2 in a row actually - but that is AMAZING that he connected with that emotional subject.
How cool for Henry! All of that is so huge! That he told you about it. That he handled it in an appropriate manner, etc. All very very very cool! You should be proud.
It is sad for any mama to hear their boys has had something mean said to him but this is not out of the range of normal 1st grader. There are kids that sometimes just say mean things. They maybe are young and just don't get social nicities yet, or maybe they have issues themselves so they don't understand social nicities or maybe they are just rude kids (there are those in every school).
I am glad Henry is learning how to handle it. Love the new pic btw.
Renee
wow! that's a big step. I'm so sorry it had to be something so negative tho. I'm so glad for you that he shared it and he handled it so well.
Betsy
Boo!
I dvr'd the first Birthday Show this morning, and they didn't show Henry's card. They show his name scrolling across the bottom as turning 7 today.
I'm pretty sure they just show the same episode all day, but I am dvr'ing all of them just in case.
That's pretty stinky that they didn't pick Henry's. At 7 years old, it was his last chance. I hope he forgets about it until after school.