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How much do your difficult children know about being a difficult child?
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<blockquote data-quote="firehorsewoman" data-source="post: 539769"><p>Reading your story reminded me of two painful school related memories.</p><p></p><p>The first may have been the first time difficult child, his dad and I all faced his problems head on together. He was attending his 3rd preschool. We tried a more conservative, structured PK-8 school. About two weeks in we got a phone call from the principal telling us that they were removing our son from the school's program and to come and pick him up immediately. We met the principal in her office, were given a box with our son's belongs and school supplies and then they brought our son to us. It was a large school and I remember how small (he was four) he looked and how my heart just broke for him. He looked like he had just seen a ghost, ashen and quiet. My ex and I were in the last year of our failing marriage and did not agree on anything at that time but our response to our son was united. We each took one of his tiny hands and walked out of that huge, cold, building with our heads high. We quietly told him as we walked through the parking lot that we would find a school that worked for him. No judgement of the school that just kicked him to the curb, no "you must follow directions" from his dad. I think that day was when difficult child really knew he was different and also the first day that it really hurt him. The good news is that we did find a preschool that he thrived in shortly thereafter.</p><p></p><p>The second story is the day I picked him up from kindergarten. It was the second day of school and I was met in the hallway by both the teacher and the principal. This time the teacher looked ashen. It was not a good day. Like you Sharon, I had a bit of a breakdown that day too. By this time, difficult child was fully aware that he was a difficult child.</p><p></p><p>thanks to all for sharing all of your stories</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="firehorsewoman, post: 539769"] Reading your story reminded me of two painful school related memories. The first may have been the first time difficult child, his dad and I all faced his problems head on together. He was attending his 3rd preschool. We tried a more conservative, structured PK-8 school. About two weeks in we got a phone call from the principal telling us that they were removing our son from the school's program and to come and pick him up immediately. We met the principal in her office, were given a box with our son's belongs and school supplies and then they brought our son to us. It was a large school and I remember how small (he was four) he looked and how my heart just broke for him. He looked like he had just seen a ghost, ashen and quiet. My ex and I were in the last year of our failing marriage and did not agree on anything at that time but our response to our son was united. We each took one of his tiny hands and walked out of that huge, cold, building with our heads high. We quietly told him as we walked through the parking lot that we would find a school that worked for him. No judgement of the school that just kicked him to the curb, no "you must follow directions" from his dad. I think that day was when difficult child really knew he was different and also the first day that it really hurt him. The good news is that we did find a preschool that he thrived in shortly thereafter. The second story is the day I picked him up from kindergarten. It was the second day of school and I was met in the hallway by both the teacher and the principal. This time the teacher looked ashen. It was not a good day. Like you Sharon, I had a bit of a breakdown that day too. By this time, difficult child was fully aware that he was a difficult child. thanks to all for sharing all of your stories [/QUOTE]
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