So Dd tells me that one of the little boys in her preschool class has been calling her names at school. I'm like well "Sometimes you will come across people like that in life, just tell him you're too cool for name calling and walk away." After we talk about it for awhile, she tells me that he also hits her and kicks her and that this happens when the teacher is not looking. So I tell her that we will talk to one of the teachers at school the next morning.
When we arrived, We spoke to the secretary and told her that Dd has been having a problem with one of her classmates, should we address this with her - she said she would relay the message to the admistrator. She asked Dd who it was and Dd gave her the name. I called later in the afternoon to make sure she got the message and spoke with the Admin about it - she said they've been having a problem with this particular little boy calling everyone (including teachers) names and they have been speaking with his father about it to try to get the situation resolved. She said that she would speak to Dd's teacher about the hitting.
When I arrived to pickup Dd at the end of the day, the Admin told me that upon speaking with the teacher, she found out that the kicking did occur with another little boy in the class (who happens to be Dd's good friend.) After we got home I spoke to her again and explained that I knew that little boy 1 did kick little boy 2 and she maintains that he hits and kicks her as well.
Now, four year olds can tend to exagerate and make up stories for whatever reason and I'm having a difficult time determining if this is really going on or if she is making this up for whatever reason.
In the mean time I've told her that the next time it happens to look him right in the eye and say loudly "You DO NOT HIT ME!" I figure this will not only alert the teacher of it (without the tattling type of thing) and allow her to stand up for herself without using violence.
Any thoughts on this?
When we arrived, We spoke to the secretary and told her that Dd has been having a problem with one of her classmates, should we address this with her - she said she would relay the message to the admistrator. She asked Dd who it was and Dd gave her the name. I called later in the afternoon to make sure she got the message and spoke with the Admin about it - she said they've been having a problem with this particular little boy calling everyone (including teachers) names and they have been speaking with his father about it to try to get the situation resolved. She said that she would speak to Dd's teacher about the hitting.
When I arrived to pickup Dd at the end of the day, the Admin told me that upon speaking with the teacher, she found out that the kicking did occur with another little boy in the class (who happens to be Dd's good friend.) After we got home I spoke to her again and explained that I knew that little boy 1 did kick little boy 2 and she maintains that he hits and kicks her as well.
Now, four year olds can tend to exagerate and make up stories for whatever reason and I'm having a difficult time determining if this is really going on or if she is making this up for whatever reason.
In the mean time I've told her that the next time it happens to look him right in the eye and say loudly "You DO NOT HIT ME!" I figure this will not only alert the teacher of it (without the tattling type of thing) and allow her to stand up for herself without using violence.
Any thoughts on this?
