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principal gives difficult child II false hope
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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 193821" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>I would visit the principal and let him know very clearly that he has set this child up for failure, and it is not in the least appreciated. Do you believe difficult child can hold it together for four weeks to reach that goal of being with the other sixth graders, or will he blow it somewhere along the line? Sounds to me like the principal was just blowing smoke, hoping difficult child would forget about it or that he'd mess up big time...problem solved.</p><p></p><p>For the dad thing, I made it a policy to never lie for Useless Boy. When Miss KT asked why he wasn't around, why he didn't call, etc., I simply told her that I had no idea why her father did anything he did, and if she wanted to know something, she needed to call him or write a letter asking him those questions. When he disappointed her, which was way too often, and now she has his skinny butt up on a pedestal, anyway...I didn't apologize for him, didn't say "You dad really loves you, he's just really busy", I just said I was sorry he was acting like that. I put the behavior back on him. I felt that by making excuses for inexcusable behavior was like lying, and I wasn't the one acting like an idiot. </p><p></p><p>It's never easy, I know. Many hugs to you and GFGII.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 193821, member: 4040"] I would visit the principal and let him know very clearly that he has set this child up for failure, and it is not in the least appreciated. Do you believe difficult child can hold it together for four weeks to reach that goal of being with the other sixth graders, or will he blow it somewhere along the line? Sounds to me like the principal was just blowing smoke, hoping difficult child would forget about it or that he'd mess up big time...problem solved. For the dad thing, I made it a policy to never lie for Useless Boy. When Miss KT asked why he wasn't around, why he didn't call, etc., I simply told her that I had no idea why her father did anything he did, and if she wanted to know something, she needed to call him or write a letter asking him those questions. When he disappointed her, which was way too often, and now she has his skinny butt up on a pedestal, anyway...I didn't apologize for him, didn't say "You dad really loves you, he's just really busy", I just said I was sorry he was acting like that. I put the behavior back on him. I felt that by making excuses for inexcusable behavior was like lying, and I wasn't the one acting like an idiot. It's never easy, I know. Many hugs to you and GFGII. [/QUOTE]
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