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My son said "that means sex" when he saw a boy do the "rabbit ears" behind a girls head in class. The teacher overheard and called the counselor. After speaking with him in the hallway he was told to go back in and apologize, which he did.
My son said that he learned from a fellow classmate earlier this year that the bunny ears meant "sex" when held behind someone's head . He admittedly did not know anything else associated with the word, thats why he spoke freely about it when saw the gesture.
It was all innocent. He had no clue that he was opening a can of worms. I just found it a bit odd that he had to say he was sorry to the other kids. I would have just told him "that's not something we talk about here so let's not say that anymore okay?"
He's not upset and I'm not upset, I just think that was a weird way to handle it, having him to say "i'm sorry" when he didn't even know what it meant.
You will encounter more than a couple of "weird ways of handling things" as a parent. If he learned something and wasn't harmed, it's better to let this kind of thing go.
"the teachers' desire to turn the entire school system into their personal fiefdom."
As a single, custodial dad, i already have endured being spoken to as if i dont know what im doing (i most certainly do). When this occurs, i smile and go along in agreement not being defensive but raising my inner eyebrow.
Its a line i walk on so as to not make myself more of a target. This "sex" comment, got me concerned but i think its much ado about nothing at this point. We just dont want any more attention like this. Lol
"the teachers' desire to turn the entire school system into their personal fiefdom."
I was with you until this. Look at it from the teacher's point of view. All she needs is one kid going home and making bunny ears to a sibling, and telling her/his parent that it means sex because Aboom's child told her/him so, for the fires to rain down. Yeah, I find the whole reaction a bit over-zealous, but teachers have to be that way it seems.
"the teachers' desire to turn the entire school system into their personal fiefdom."
As a single, custodial dad, i already have endured being spoken to as if i dont know what im doing (i most certainly do). When this occurs, i smile and go along in agreement not being defensive but raising my inner eyebrow.
Its a line i walk on so as to not make myself more of a target. This "sex" comment, got me concerned but i think its much ado about nothing at this point. We just dont want any more attention like this. Lol
It would help your son (and you) if you view his teachers as allies instead of persecutors.
I know it's taxing to be talked down to as a single parent. But don't punish all his teachers for the past actions of others. It already sounds like you're downplaying your son's actions based on your mistrust of the school officials. That's a dangerous path to travel down as a parent of a child who has a LOT of school left.
He said something he shouldn't have, and they handled it. He doesn't sound traumatized. Hopefully he has learned from this.
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