The Other Side!

Max has been in school roughly 2 weeks. All in all he enjoys school. Max will get off the bus say hello to Mason and me, and then I ask him about his day. I always get good, I say what was your favorite part: Max says, all of it. This type of dialogue continues in the house. However, Max will tell Brian later in the evening that he has been shoved/hit by another boy in his class. We also ask about what happened. We get very little information from him. Now as a parent I am getting frustrated with Max for not telling me earlier, but also has to why my child is being hit by another student. I have contolmyself from going to the school because I know the teacher is fully aware of what is happening. This is the other side of me remembering what it is like being the teacher and dealing with a student that hits.

However, last night Brian and I learned from Max that he was punched in the face during his school day. I am frustrated again because it is 7:45 pm and there is nothing I could do at that time. I decided to email his teacher and try to express my concern and find out what is being done with the student that is hitting. Max says he is not the only student being hit and his teacher is putting him in time out.

I am trying to be patient because I know how the school system works especially with this age group. But I am also a mom and having my child hit by someone else is not acceptable. With that said Max's teacher emailed back immediately and explained the situation the best she could. I know that every child deserves to be educated, but my child deserves that as well in safe environment. We hope to have more answers soon as the school is trying to come up with a plan for this student with the hitting problem. Hopefully, this will be resolved soon.