My two kids have been obsessed with crickets and grasshoppers this fall. They have always liked insects, but recently they've been spending many hours collecting them and keeping them in a couple of containers made for insects. They have even been bringing the bugs to school with them on the bus. We've spoken with their bus driver and their teachers and they're ok with it. However, my oldest son has been taking the container out on the playground with him and sometimes catching new bugs or setting the one he caught earlier free. On one of those days a playground aide took notice of his bugs and demanded he poured them out in some nearby ditch that apparently is full of water. He obeyed her, but chose a safer location to dump his bugs. She must have been watching him and found he didn't obey and said, "what about what I said didn't you understand?".
I'm a bit irritated about what happened to him and not really sure what to do about it. He's a very obedient child, but doesn't like to kill things so he knew what the playground aid demanded was a death sentence to the bugs so he chose to compromise. I don't know what rules there are on playgrounds, but I don't believe it should be a dictatorship where one persons beliefs reigns supreme. Obviously this person doesn't like bugs, but she shouldn't pass her beliefs onto my child, especially in this manner.
I'm a bit irritated about what happened to him and not really sure what to do about it. He's a very obedient child, but doesn't like to kill things so he knew what the playground aid demanded was a death sentence to the bugs so he chose to compromise. I don't know what rules there are on playgrounds, but I don't believe it should be a dictatorship where one persons beliefs reigns supreme. Obviously this person doesn't like bugs, but she shouldn't pass her beliefs onto my child, especially in this manner.
