ShakespeareMamaX
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So I got the call...
2 Days into my son's new summer camp and they've already called threatening to take my son's fieldtrips away if he can't calm down.
I guess he's been running away from the staff, going into the girls' bathroom and just, frankly, not listening to anyone.
The staff came up with a brilliant idea, that if my son feels as though he's going to be out of control, he'll make a hand signal to the staff and they'll have him go off by himself an color.
Not to knock their ideas, but does anyone, actually, think this method will work? It'd be nice if it did, but I can't say I have much faith. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
The staff want to have a nice, big talk on Thursday morning. I can't wait... Maybe I should write a resume for my son and just start handing those out to everyone who encounters him. Heh... *sigh*
One thing I'm kinda peeved about, and, please, I'd LOVE some opinions on this, is that I noticed, while sitting down at his camp to discuss the letter the staff wrote about his behavior, when this little girl came over and stuck her face in mine inquiring about what I was reading and doing, I had to stare at the staff to do something and they called the girl to them while LAUGHING about her actions (holy run-on sentence, Batman).
My son, later, told me, when he was screwing around in the girls' bathroom, the staff were laughing then, too, which made him want to do it more.
Is this enough to set a fire in anyone's eyes and have the urge to set the staff ablaze?!?!
My God, I can't wait for therapy.
P.S. It drives me crazy that these daycares give out such crappy wages, that the only staff they can get are 16 year olds who, most of them, have no clue what they're doing (nor do they care).
Having worked at a preschool, I understand the frustration of doing one of the most important jobs in the world, and getting paid the worst. Where's the motivation to care? Luckily, I was one of the few staff that looked at the kids' wellbeing, over the paycheck, but, sad to say, it's a rare find...
2 Days into my son's new summer camp and they've already called threatening to take my son's fieldtrips away if he can't calm down.
I guess he's been running away from the staff, going into the girls' bathroom and just, frankly, not listening to anyone.
The staff came up with a brilliant idea, that if my son feels as though he's going to be out of control, he'll make a hand signal to the staff and they'll have him go off by himself an color.
Not to knock their ideas, but does anyone, actually, think this method will work? It'd be nice if it did, but I can't say I have much faith. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
The staff want to have a nice, big talk on Thursday morning. I can't wait... Maybe I should write a resume for my son and just start handing those out to everyone who encounters him. Heh... *sigh*
One thing I'm kinda peeved about, and, please, I'd LOVE some opinions on this, is that I noticed, while sitting down at his camp to discuss the letter the staff wrote about his behavior, when this little girl came over and stuck her face in mine inquiring about what I was reading and doing, I had to stare at the staff to do something and they called the girl to them while LAUGHING about her actions (holy run-on sentence, Batman).
My son, later, told me, when he was screwing around in the girls' bathroom, the staff were laughing then, too, which made him want to do it more.
Is this enough to set a fire in anyone's eyes and have the urge to set the staff ablaze?!?!
My God, I can't wait for therapy.
P.S. It drives me crazy that these daycares give out such crappy wages, that the only staff they can get are 16 year olds who, most of them, have no clue what they're doing (nor do they care).
Having worked at a preschool, I understand the frustration of doing one of the most important jobs in the world, and getting paid the worst. Where's the motivation to care? Luckily, I was one of the few staff that looked at the kids' wellbeing, over the paycheck, but, sad to say, it's a rare find...