Bullying & Cold
A few weeks ago, Calli came to me and told me a little story about one of the girls at her school. The teacher had asked the class who'd played with the Play Doh last and this girl forced Calli to put her hand up, to take responsibility. Calli was really upset, obviously, because she hadn't been the last to use the Play Doh. I didn't think much of it, but continued to hear stories about this girl and how she seemed to be dominating Calli in many situations. When I went to pick her up from pre-school the other day, the kids were all playing Mother May I outside, while waiting for their parents to come. I observed this girl push Calli down and continue on with the game. The next day, she pushed her over twice. Once...could have been an accident...but the second time was obviously deliberate. I mentioned my concerns to the teacher and she said they realize how "exuberant" this little girl is and that they were keeping an eye on things.
This weekend I received a phone call from the girls mother. She was really upset and concerned that Calli might be traumatized by her daughters behaviour. I assured her that it wasn't such a big deal. I just wanted everyone to be aware of the situation. Calli is a year younger than this girl and it really isn't in her nature to fight back. If someone takes a toy away from her, she tends to find something new to do, instead of freaking out about it. That's just the way she is. She is more vocal these days, but she's generally a pretty laid back kind of girl.
THEN, yesterday Marin was following Calli around trying to play Barbies with her and Adam and I both saw her grab Marin by the face and push her down!! Yikes! My entire concern was that the bullying didn't carry through to our home life, and here we see Calli take such a terrible step towards "solving" her "problem" (sister). We are trying to get it into her head that problems should only be solved with words, never pushing, hitting etc. I know that kids will be kids and I was a kid once, so I know how "problems" are "solved" between siblings. However, I am rather disturbed that bullying could start this early. I just hope that this girls parents and the teacher can keep an eye on things and prevent any further problems from occuring. We'll see.
Meanwhile, Calli was quite thrilled with herself the other day for completing this puzzle on her own for the first time! Quite a feat! She showed me, then Marin, then Horsie, the cat!! She insisted that I take a picture of her with her finished product!!
The girls were hungry for a snack, so I told Calli she could go in the fridge and get 2 yogurts out, one for each of them. Marin, of course, was right there picking her own!! Unfortunately, she got a bit nosy and grabbed the egg carton, dropping it on the hardwood floor...only one was cracked!
The days are getting cooler here already. On our walk the other day, we noticed a few of the puddles were frozen.
All the leaves are off the trees and driveways are littered with garbage bags full of leaves!
It's tried snowing a few times, but unless you were looking for it, you wouldn't even have seen it!
People are preparing though. We've seen these temporary garages put up all around the town. They have metal frames and are covered in heavy white plastic. Some even have plastic windows!! Oooh!! AND, there are people who have doubled up and put two together to make one long tube shaped temporary garage. Crazy kids! They aren't that expensive to buy and it is possible to rent them for the season. There are even people who will come and install and take them down. We haven't decided on one yet, but we'll continue to do some research and see if it's actually worth it.
This weekend I received a phone call from the girls mother. She was really upset and concerned that Calli might be traumatized by her daughters behaviour. I assured her that it wasn't such a big deal. I just wanted everyone to be aware of the situation. Calli is a year younger than this girl and it really isn't in her nature to fight back. If someone takes a toy away from her, she tends to find something new to do, instead of freaking out about it. That's just the way she is. She is more vocal these days, but she's generally a pretty laid back kind of girl.
THEN, yesterday Marin was following Calli around trying to play Barbies with her and Adam and I both saw her grab Marin by the face and push her down!! Yikes! My entire concern was that the bullying didn't carry through to our home life, and here we see Calli take such a terrible step towards "solving" her "problem" (sister). We are trying to get it into her head that problems should only be solved with words, never pushing, hitting etc. I know that kids will be kids and I was a kid once, so I know how "problems" are "solved" between siblings. However, I am rather disturbed that bullying could start this early. I just hope that this girls parents and the teacher can keep an eye on things and prevent any further problems from occuring. We'll see.
Meanwhile, Calli was quite thrilled with herself the other day for completing this puzzle on her own for the first time! Quite a feat! She showed me, then Marin, then Horsie, the cat!! She insisted that I take a picture of her with her finished product!!
The girls were hungry for a snack, so I told Calli she could go in the fridge and get 2 yogurts out, one for each of them. Marin, of course, was right there picking her own!! Unfortunately, she got a bit nosy and grabbed the egg carton, dropping it on the hardwood floor...only one was cracked!
The days are getting cooler here already. On our walk the other day, we noticed a few of the puddles were frozen.
All the leaves are off the trees and driveways are littered with garbage bags full of leaves!
It's tried snowing a few times, but unless you were looking for it, you wouldn't even have seen it!
People are preparing though. We've seen these temporary garages put up all around the town. They have metal frames and are covered in heavy white plastic. Some even have plastic windows!! Oooh!! AND, there are people who have doubled up and put two together to make one long tube shaped temporary garage. Crazy kids! They aren't that expensive to buy and it is possible to rent them for the season. There are even people who will come and install and take them down. We haven't decided on one yet, but we'll continue to do some research and see if it's actually worth it.
Comments
Be strong for Calli and she will learn how not to be. It is very scary to think that bullying starts at such a young age. What is even scarier is that the little girl in Calli & Sarina's class learned this behaviour from someone or somewhere. Not everyone should be able to have children!