My heart broke into a million pieces this morning. My eldest son (7yrs, 2nd grade) and a special-ed student saw a classmate waiting by the doors for the bell to ring. In his excited and loving way, he started yelling HI (nameofkid)!!! HI!! I MISSED YOU! This kid is in my son’s class and is also special needs. He shoved my boy away then turned to his older brother and said “stay away from him. He’s weird.” My son wasnt fazed but my heart just broke.
NEVER will any of my 3 talk about ANYONE in that manner. Every person is DIFFERENT and we ACCEPT these differences. If you dont like someone, keep your mouth shut and stay away but NEVER speak of them in a rude manner.
I spoke with my sons teacher about it and thankfully, she was almost as horrified as I was, the kid is missing play-time today because he will be having a nice long chat with the teacher about how to treat other people. AND his parents are going to be informed and directed to reinforce the way in which he needs to treat others.
Its a releif to be in such a caring school district…but sheesh…7years old??? I thought that this kind of thing would come LATER.
thats so sad.. especially coming from someone that is like you and in the same boat.. i know its too advanced for a 2nd grader to think like that.. but thats sad.. and its good he will get a good talk with the teacher so this looking down on, can be nipped in the bud. i hope his parents dont talk like that bout other special ed kids.... tsk tsk
M3, kids can be very cruel, but sometimes they just don't realise that they are being mean, or how much their behaviour can affect the other person. You did the right thing by talking to the teacher. I do hope this kid learns something from his chat, keep us posted.
Mama, kids are pretty cruel creatures...but Mashallah u're kid's adorable for not answering back that brat! I'm glad that teachers take notice of such things..and take the time out to explain it to the kids rathar than punishing them... usko toh murgha bana do!
MO3, Im glad your son wasnt fazed by any of this. He sounds like such a sweet little boy, Mashallah and it also seems like you will never have to worry about your sons disrespecting any of Allah's swt little people.
I really hope that boy's parents took this seriously and decided to teach him some respect. That is NOT right.
Teaching children Respect from a very young age is very important, good that your child didnt answer back, and good on you for not cussing his little arse off, coz i would of had a few words to say to him....