I had to confront my son's preschool teacher
by Deidra Romero posted in Parenting
Aside from getting a pap smear and dusting light fixtures, confronting anyone about anything is my least favorite thing in life.
I'm your Type A people-pleaser. But that changes when you have kids. The stakes are suddenly so high and you can't help but confront people.
It's just incredibly hard to do. I get so anxious and worked up about it beforehand. I practice the dialogue 100 different times in my head. And then right before it's supposed to happen I panic and consider aborting the entire mission.
I knew there would be times in my children's education when I would have to confront their teachers about things. I just didn't anticipate it would happen as early as preschool.
But one day, my son came home from school upset because his teacher called him "weird." Now, my son doesn't lie -- not about things like that. I could tell he genuinely hurt about it. At first, I was incredulous. How could she say that to him" Then I had another thought: that doesn't sound like her at all.
I knew I had to confront her and clear up this whole thing, but how" I didn't want to offend her or make her think I didn't trust her. But I also couldn't let this slide because my son was truly heartbroken.
So I asked my teacher friends for their best advice about bringing an issue to a teacher's attention. And this is what they said:
Never assume blame.
Approach situations with an open mind that maybe they were just a miscommunication.
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