That’s all we want as parents, right? To teach our children to have respect for their elders?
Today, there was no school. I took my 3 youngest to the Boys & Girls Club for the day. By 12:30 this afternoon, I had received a call from the director, to come pick up Autumn, my 10 year old. She had been giving some major sass to the director himself, as well as physically hurting her brother, Austin.
Autumn told the director that she pinched Austin because he wasn’t moving, and was being annoying..
When the director told her that she cannot physically touch her brother, or anyone else there, she just shrugged her shoulders.
He told her to go to the office, and that I would be called. She told him, she knows where the office was, and she wasn’t going. She said, I hope you do suspend me. That’s what I want. Do call my mom..
So.. I had to pick her up and bring her back to my office for the remainder of the day. fun times!
The punishment was to write some sentences 100 items.
- I will be nice to my brother.
- I will respect the staff.
Later, when she was sassy with me, I added a third sentence. “I will respect my mom.”
Additional privileges taken include the use of her chromebook indefinitely, no sugar or fun.
We will see how she improves over the next week or two. She has her next counseling appt on Thursday this week, which I will be sitting in, so… we will see how that goes too.
Overall, my kids seem to respond well to authority, but for some reason, Autumn finds that she must be argumentative constantly. with everyone..
All in a Day 