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How to Talk to Your Child's Teacher.

Hello,

I have a concern and am not sure how to bring it up to the school director or teacher. Today I stayed a little longer when dropping my daughter off at preschool and we were playing with a puzzle. One little boy came over and took some puzzles and my daughter asked nicely for them back he said no. So she went to get the teacher who ignored her. So she went over to the little boy and tried to take them back. I have always told my daughter to never hit back. But it took everything in me today to keep my mouth shut. This little boy reached up and pinched her cheek so hard that it broke skin! My daughter cried the heart breaking cry that even brought tears to my eyes. At that point the teacher came over and said is she ok I said no she is bleeding. So she got the first aid kit out and cleaned it up at which point she said to my daughter you know "the childs name" you shouldn't have gone over there. Which leads me to believe that this little boy does this on a regular basis. I am not ok with. I pay good money for my child to go there and I don't want to have her in situation like this all the time. Every once in a while is normal kids will be kids. But for the teacher to make a comment like that I feel is not ok. Not to mention the little boy got in no trouble whats so ever. I feel there should have been a time out or something. But there wasn't. So my questions is is how do I bring this up to the director.

Thank you for any help.
G.

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Thank you guys all for your comments and support. I did go talk to the director and she said she would talk to the teacher directly. Because it is not their policy just to shrug things off like this. I did tell her if something like this happened again I would be asking to move my daughter into a new class and possibly consider a new school. So thank you all for the advice!

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Did you get a packet when your daughter was enrolled stating the disipline policy? If you did, I would get it out and read it before you see the director. You will be prepared to ask more questions. Just call the director and tell her/him that you need to discuss this situation. It is your right to know about your childs well being.

M.

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Hi G.,
I suggest going straight to the school director as well. You get MUCH more accomplished that way.
Good Luck to you!
K. :~)

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Just call the director and ask for a meeting.

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Let the director know that you would like to schedule a conference or meeting and that you would like your daughters teacher present as well. Explain, in full detail like you did here on mamasource, the exact scenario of what took place. Ask questions about the discipline procedures at the school, do the teachers know and understand these procedures and ask why this particular child was not discipline at the time of the incident. If the teacher is aware of behavior problems with this child, why did she not take action against his behavior? They should not excuse his behavior just because "they know how he is". That gives them more reason to take action to say that this behavior is not tolerated.

Don't be discouraged. This is the safety of YOUR child and the safety of the other classmates as well. Ask what will be done in the future so that this incident doesn't happen again, to your daughter or to any other child in this particular class. By doing so, you are making the director aware of what you observed and that action may be taken if another incident arises.

Good Luck.

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I would talk to the director of the school. With my daughters preschool, I got more done going that route.

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