'I am the mother who has had no one show up to her kid’s party. It's heartbreaking for both of us. I also understand the other kids’ & parents’ frustrations. I get it. I wish they could spend a day in my shoes, though. I want you to know who he really is.'
You know the one I am talking about: the kid who runs around the classroom and seems soyou’re convinced his or her mother poured a pot of coffee into their cereal. “That kid” is always out of their seat, always interrupting, never raises their hand, and sometimes comes completely unhinged. “That kid” comes to school with no homework, incomplete homework, or homework that was not done the right way.
“That kid” only gets invited to a party when the whole class is invited. When they show up to said party holding their mom’s hand, eyes are rolled, mouths are covered, and the whispering begins. In a store, the hostile glaring is sometimes too much to take. I see it all — like the exhausted look on the teacher’s face as she leads my child to me with the mile-long list of rules violations. I have watched my sons try to connect on the playground, where their excitement of being FINALLY included creates this energy that their body must release as shrieks, screams, and loud laughing — all of which puts other kids off.I am that mother walking into the birthday party with my kid. I see the eye rolls and hear the whispers, and so does my kid.
Please talk to your kids about “that kid.” If you have a question about their behavior, don’t tell your child that you don’t know what is wrong with “that kid.” Talk to me, the mother.When you see my kid yelling at yours for going up the slide and not down or throwing a fit because home base was the tree and someone else decided to use the trash can instead, please don’t tell your kid to stay away from “that kid.” If you don’t know how to approach them, talk to me.
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