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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 410888" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It could be that he was playing your or that he didn't understand what he was saying No to or that he changed his mind. Maybe in the future somethng like this needs to be approached by not aksing him if he wants to go but by sending info home so that youa nd difficult child can discuss it and make an informed decision.</p><p> </p><p>I HATE it when they ask a kid about something like this and assume that he understands what they are asking. How is a child who hasn't gone to know what camp IS? Or to know if it is like summer camp or church camp or boy scout camp or something else? I used to just say I didn't want to go because I had no clue how to navigate the social aspects of tehse things and iddn't have anyone I felt I could ask to help me that way. If I asked a kid I ended up with weeks or months of teasing, so it often seemed like more hassle than it was worth to even try these things. My parents had no clue much of the time - not that they really understood the social dynamics of these things because they didn't go to schools that had these things and they had a close group of family or friends from their small towns that it was very different for them.</p><p> </p><p>It is often good to remember all the different versions of the truth that your child has told you before you go up to school all fired up with anger. Esp on an issue like this. My dad was a teacher and used to tell parents that he would only believe half of what the kids told him about their parents if they would only believe half of what the kids told the parents about school/the teacher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 410888, member: 1233"] It could be that he was playing your or that he didn't understand what he was saying No to or that he changed his mind. Maybe in the future somethng like this needs to be approached by not aksing him if he wants to go but by sending info home so that youa nd difficult child can discuss it and make an informed decision. I HATE it when they ask a kid about something like this and assume that he understands what they are asking. How is a child who hasn't gone to know what camp IS? Or to know if it is like summer camp or church camp or boy scout camp or something else? I used to just say I didn't want to go because I had no clue how to navigate the social aspects of tehse things and iddn't have anyone I felt I could ask to help me that way. If I asked a kid I ended up with weeks or months of teasing, so it often seemed like more hassle than it was worth to even try these things. My parents had no clue much of the time - not that they really understood the social dynamics of these things because they didn't go to schools that had these things and they had a close group of family or friends from their small towns that it was very different for them. It is often good to remember all the different versions of the truth that your child has told you before you go up to school all fired up with anger. Esp on an issue like this. My dad was a teacher and used to tell parents that he would only believe half of what the kids told him about their parents if they would only believe half of what the kids told the parents about school/the teacher. [/QUOTE]
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