I had to smile the other day. My oldest son came out to me and said, “Mom did you know there is a little boy picking on Honey at school?” This was news to me as she had not mentioned it before. He explained that there was this boy that was pushing her and picking on her. I wasn’t overly concerned because Honey can take care of herself and she didn’t mention it to me.
I told him she should tell the teacher and he said she can’t because it is at lunch. What made me smile was that my son was NOT happy with his behavior. He told Honey that if he kept picking on her he and Nick were going to come to his school to take care of it.
I always wanted to have a boy before I had a daughter for this very reason, brotherly protection. It warms my heart to see them so interested in how she is treated. I know this means she may have an uphill battle when it comes to “boys”. However in the end she has two big brothers that would do anything for her.
Note: She doesn’t seem to concerned about this little boy and it is something I’m monitoring with her, I really think is a case of boys being boys with girls (you know I like you so I have to be mean type of thing)
Charlotte Varner says
That is so sweet!! What wonderful big bros Honey has!! I think your right with the boy on the liking Honey part. Problem comes in when it’s a girl picking on her at this age. In Kindergarten last year a little girl that was one of my daughter classmates clawed my daughter’s face and left a HUGE scratch mark. My daughter did the right thing and went and told the teacher. I thought the teacher handled it really well. The little girl got recess taken away, phone call home, and had to tell my daughter’s daddy why she did it. The teacher also called us and wrote a note apologizing saying we have a wonderful girl. I was pretty ticked off but then I had to realize this was Kindergarten!! The best part I liked of the punishment was having to look daddy in the eyes. He came home and told me, “I just stood there with a mean look on my face wanting to smile the whole time but I didn’t and looked her in the eyes the whole time. I told her she better not do anything like that again.” He said, “She looked like she was about to cry but I had to stand my ground too and I don’t think she’ll be doing that to anyone else anytime soon!”
blueviolet says
I don’t know why boys think that tactic will work. It really does just make us hate them!