Barkin’ in the Boys Room

14Sep/1016

Barkin’ in the Boys Room

My nephew Grayson is 5 years old, as he is very proud to tell you. I'd post a pic but my sister in law saw a story about this woman who found a picture of her daughter that had been on her blog, posted on a kiddie porn site, so we don't put pics of the kids on the interwebs anymore. Just trust me when I tell you, he's a beautiful boy and will be a heartbreaker in a few years.

Grayson was in pre-K last year and started kindergarten this year and has had some, um, behavior problems. Teh Brother and his wife had discovered you have to be very specific with Grayson...you can't just tell him to be good. You have to say...don't bite..don't hit....if the teacher says don't stand on the desk....don't stand on the desk....you get the point. So teh Brother and his wife went over everything they could think of with Grayson this year ....since he was SENT HOME FROM PRE-K a total of 9 times last year for a variety of things....not the least of which was hitting a little boy in the lunch room for...to quote Grayson "getting in my face, I told him not to..but he wouldn't get outta my face."

Turns out...they didn't think of everything, because Grayson, who to his credit has been trying very hard this year to be good, got a time out yesterday and lost his green smiley face....for barking in the bathroom. He can't tell you why he was doing that, except it was fun and he can't tell you why, when the teacher asked him to stop, he chose not to except it was fun.

So I guess the moral of this story is......the one possibility that you don't think of is the one you will be dealing with.

Dede

Sometimes stuff rumbles around in my brain that's longer than 140 characters and, well......twitlonger just seems like cheating. :)

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Snaqwells
September 14th, 2010 - 08:58

My youngest just started Kindergarten this year. For various reasons, we didn’t put him into pre-K last year, so this is his first experience with school, and we’re learning he has a very black and white view of things. When the teacher tells him not to touch other kids, he recognizes that means they shouldn’t touch him either, so he feels justified in pushing them. :rolleyes:

He hasn’t been sent home yet, thank God, and things seem to be improving. I’m waiting for my youngest nephew to start K in a year, though, and expecting to see my brother post on FB that the little tyke got stuck on the roof.

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- Dede
  September 14th, 2010 - 17:57
  
  Well all of teh Brother’s other children are freakishly well behaved so my mom and I were just happy he had one normal kid…even if that means he barks in the boys room. :)
  
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- Buelldawg
  September 16th, 2010 - 11:58
  
  My husband actually climbed the roof in grade school – you know one of those schools where one side is built into the hill. He walked up there and peeked into the classroom through a skylight. Of course, he got in LOTS of trouble and possibly sent home!
  
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Snaqwells
September 14th, 2010 - 21:28

My guess is he really thought the acoustics were awesome.

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Instinct
September 15th, 2010 - 01:07

My nephew was in pre-school when he decided that finger painting was kinda dumb and decided to read instead. So, after washing up and putting his stuff away he grabbed a book and went to it.

The teacher came over and asked him “Don’t you want to paint with the other kids?”

He gave a thoughtful sigh and said “Naw, I think I’ve had enough of that bullshit for one day.”

We’ve been told that we have to watch what we say around the boy. I tried pointing out that he used it in the correct context but apparently that didn’t matter to his mother.

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- Buelldawg
  September 16th, 2010 - 11:52
  
  OMG – that is so funny!! Kids!
  
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Catholic Cowboy
September 15th, 2010 - 02:41

One of the joys of parenthood is that moment you have just told your kid not to do something and you sort of stand outside yourself and think, “I can’t believe I just had to tell my child ‘Don’t bark in the bathroom.’”

I have four of them, all teenagers now, and I’ll tell you those moments do not diminish!

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- Dede
  September 15th, 2010 - 14:06
  
  teh Brother’s 2nd youngest..Parker, for some reason decided that making finger holes in his dad’s deodorant was fun. Everyday teh Brother would yell and tell him not to do it. For a few days there were no new holes… then a couple of weeks later they appeared again. Teh Brother yells down the hall “Parker…get. in. here.” Parker strolls in and says “yes daddy?” teh Brother shows him the holes and says “did you do this?” “yes daddy.” “Son, how many times do I have to tell you not to stick your fingers in here?” Parker cocked his head to the left, thought for a minute and said “Um, eight?” lol I love teh Brother’s kids.
  
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Catholic Cowboy
September 15th, 2010 - 02:42

Oh, and novel page report, please, Dede!

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- Dede
  September 15th, 2010 - 14:03
  
  3 pages on monday….2 pages on Tuesday, 4 pages today..but at least one of those is complete crap..but I’m leaving the editing until after I have an ending. :)
  
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Catholic Cowboy
September 15th, 2010 - 18:21

That’s what I always tell my students, Dede–leave the crap alone, and by the time you finish the whole piece, fixing stuff is almost fun!

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SDN
September 15th, 2010 - 19:07

Several years ago, a buddy of mine got called to the school because his 4 year old son had a third-grader flat in the parking lot and was bouncing his head off the pavement (literally). All they got from Marshall was that “he was being mean to me”. After asking questions, they found out that this third grader had been bullying the pre-Ks waiting outside over a couple of days… until he decided to pick on Marshall. They wanted to punish Marshall, but decided against it when my friend informed them that he’d have the third grader charged with assault and then take the school system to court for failing to properly supervise.

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HeatherRadish
September 16th, 2010 - 06:36

my sister in law saw a story about this woman who found a picture of her daughter that had been on her blog, posted on a kiddie porn site

Am I the only person who sees those stories and wonders why the mother was looking at kiddie porn sites?

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- Buelldawg
  September 16th, 2010 - 10:37
  
  Has anyone even checked to see if that was a true story. I am always leary of the friend of a friend type stories.
  
  I wondered the same thing!
  
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  - snaqwells
    September 16th, 2010 - 11:24
    
    I’m also always skeptical of these stories, because they’re almost always false.
    
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Buelldawg
September 16th, 2010 - 11:56

Dede – I love little Grayson’s story! Ramsey lost his green smiley face for touching a friend in PE. I told him if it happened again…he got on yellow that there would be no baseball game or practice. The teacher said they all do it…I realize that, but he needs to listen. I think they get 2 chances until it goes yellow. We are trying to teach him to listen the first time…no repeating ourselves. It’s been a challenge and the kid has spent a few weeks going to bed right after dinner or sitting on his bed until dinner. He is learning. We also gave him responsibilities and it seems to help. I don’t really worry about him. It is my youngest that will be climbing walls.

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