But then, after a solid three days at school, I got an email from Aaron's kindergarten teacher. Here's an excerpt:
Im sorry to bother you on a Tuesday evening, but I wanted to bring something to
your attention. As we are transitioning in the building (mainly as we are coming
in from playground) Aaron i having issues keeping his hands to himself. On
Friday we had a minor pushing incident and today Aaron was pushing and hitting
the boy in front of him. When i speak with him he can tell me that his hands
belong to himself but he struggles with doing so. Can you please speak with him
about this? I don't him or anyone else to get hurt.
Isn't that nice? And in the two days since that email, Aaron has contined to not only push and hit other kids, but he's escalated his desired target number, since today I asked how many kids he hit/ pushed, and his estimate was "probably ten". And it's not like I'm not addressing it; short of medicating him prior to getting on the bus, I am at a complete and total loss, to say nothing of being so angry and humiliated I could scream. He's currently sitting in his room while I grit my teeth and try to take deep breaths.
Kindergarten is totally kicking my ass.
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2 comments:
I feel your pain. Time outs only work so much for Adam, who's doing the same thing with hitting, but he's adding kicking to the mix and hitting/kicking us. Ugh! My mom has assured me that my younger brother went through this -- and most important, he grew out of it. So I have some hope, but it's a completely horrible stage and I'm quite nervous for kindergarten starting next Wednesday. :(
It's an adjustment. He'll get it. Just keep talking to him and the teacher and it'll get worked out. You might try rewarding him for times when he doesn't push.
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