When DS2 (yr1) came out of school yesterday his teacher said to him (I'm sure in a voice designed for me, and the other mum's to hear) "remember what I said, or I'll have to talk to your mum"
So, obviously I quizzed him and he "couldn't remember" what he'd done, but when I said I'll have to ask Mrs M then, he told me he'd been playing when he should have been listening on the carpet.
We talked about how he needs to look at people when they speak to him, so they know he is listening and this morning he apologised for being naughty and promised to be good today.
Teacher made a huge fuss about how good and clever he was for being honest and telling mum. Seemed odd to me to give praise for something that came about from being naughty?
We had the same issue with DS1 not being able to sit still on the carpet, but his teacher billed is as "he can't concentrate" and I got myself all workedup about what was "wrong" with him, so this approach is much kinder to me. Carpet time, I think, is a very bad idea for boys. Or just mine?
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What do we think of this laid back discipline method employed by DS2's teacher
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sameagain · 30/09/2008 10:08
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