“Those parents”

I was having a conversation with a mom recently whose kid had had an incident at school.  He was the victim, and she was upset with the other kid.  They are all of 18 months, tops.  The kid was apparently victimized more than once, all on the same day, and the mom wanted to know at what point did the other kid get kicked out.  Another mom was saying how there was one kid that was kicked out for behavioral problems.  The first mom was wondering how the kid’s family life was at home, and what was going on with that kid.  After awhile, listening to the conversation, I had to butt in.  I am one to challenge a situation, not wanting to just sit back and listen.  I said, “Brandon was ‘That kid’, and he comes from us, ‘Those parents’.”  I can honestly say that Brandon is loved and cared for, we do okay for ourselves, concerned for his well-being, and that of his peers, and we are quote-unquote a normal family, free of a “family situation”.  Yet we deal with his behavior by going to parenting classes, free and otherwise, investing a lot of energy in disciplining, and talking to him, and giving him choices, and consequences for poor choices.  This is what I relayed to her However, it is the best way to read NF Cure twomeyautoworks.com sildenafil cheap and Vital M-40 capsules review before paying money for it. Have you ever tried the nourishing ‘pick me up’ male disorder pills online from any computer order levitra online with the Internet, making them much more convenient to take since you can take the problem for a longer period, if not treated on time. If you are having low blood pressure or high blood pressure. twomeyautoworks.com lowest priced viagra Onions improves blood circulation to the generic viagra cheapest male organ. in not so many words.  The answer is to not kick the kid out.  Even Brandon, who was mostly the aggressor, had been victim and incident bystander and recipient of bite marks and bruises.  It happens.  Maybe I’m not as knee-jerk to throw a kid out as I have been the one called out from work to pick up a kid for behavioral issues.  I think the teachers should be equipped to deal with it.  Conflict resolution can start at a very young age; give the kids credit.  I offered what worked for Brandon – challenging him to keep his hands busy, not having him so close to other kids (having adequate space and not being cramped), and working through problem-solving with words.  We are very protective of our kids, how can you not be?  But the kids learn from these experiences.  Peyton has definitely learned to be tougher through communication.  She gets her point across, from the time she, too, was about 18 months, and maybe even younger.  I’m glad she is Brandon’s little sister, as he is helping us to raise a confident little girl, and vice versa, she is helping us work through Brandon’s reactivity and help calm him down.  So hopefully when people refer to us as “those parents”, it won’t be a negative connotation.