Boy on the Bus Told My Kid to Shut Up

[Anonymous]

Listen, you have a well behaved child you are raising with lots of love and attention. I work at a school you might consider “good” in this area, and I still have 1st graders who curse, hit, scream, tantrum, and steal. Being told to “shut up” is not kind, but she handled it well, and on the list of things your child’s teacher needs to worry about it’s very inconsequential.

[Anonymous]

What school is this where your first grader has gotten to May and this is the first time she's reported someone saying something rude to her?

[Anonymous]

This is a troll post. Come on!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe that you think this is the worst that she will hear on the bus! It is a learning experience that is tough. TBH, she will hear even worse in classes as she gets older. The best thing you can teach her is how to handle herself and ignore.

I'm not going to lie when I say that I am very jealous that you have gotten to this point with this being your largest issue.

Lolol same. Ask me about the time my second grader got off his K-12 bus and asked me what “69ing” meant!

[Anonymous]

oh my, are you in for a doozy. LOL

I think you need to toughen up more than your six year old.

-parent of 16 and 13 yr olds.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll post. Come on!

I believe OP could be real. I knew a parent kind of like this when my kid was in Ker. They are still way over the top, and their now 14 yr old DC cannot wait to get out of the house and away from their parents. It's really sad to see how over protective their parents are. I realize that they love their kid, but that kid's life is just miserable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen, you have a well behaved child you are raising with lots of love and attention. I work at a school you might consider “good” in this area, and I still have 1st graders who curse, hit, scream, tantrum, and steal. Being told to “shut up” is not kind, but she handled it well, and on the list of things your child’s teacher needs to worry about it’s very inconsequential.

Gimme a break. You can't tell this from her over-the-top post. Maybe she's a hovering lunatic who won't let her kid do anything on her own. Can't tell.

[Anonymous]

When my kid was in first grade the teacher next door to her class told the kids to shut up. I had a friend with a son in the class and she emailed the Principal. I would overlook another kid saying it, not everyone is raised to be kind. But I’m not about to let a teacher talk to my kid like that. Lucky for her she wasn’t my kids teacher.

[Anonymous]

This may be another example of the rare thread where all of the posters agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kid was in first grade the teacher next door to her class told the kids to shut up. I had a friend with a son in the class and she emailed the Principal. I would overlook another kid saying it, not everyone is raised to be kind. But I’m not about to let a teacher talk to my kid like that. Lucky for her she wasn’t my kids teacher.

Cool story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When my kid was in first grade the teacher next door to her class told the kids to shut up. I had a friend with a son in the class and she emailed the Principal. I would overlook another kid saying it, not everyone is raised to be kind. But I’m not about to let a teacher talk to my kid like that. Lucky for her she wasn’t my kids teacher.

Umm don't teachers tell kids to shut up (or at least a slightly politer "be quiet") a lot of the time so they can actually teach? They certainly did when I was at school! I couldn't imagine be parents complaining about a mildly irate teacher who is having to deal with a bunch of rowdy kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my kid was in first grade the teacher next door to her class told the kids to shut up. I had a friend with a son in the class and she emailed the Principal. I would overlook another kid saying it, not everyone is raised to be kind. But I’m not about to let a teacher talk to my kid like that. Lucky for her she wasn’t my kids teacher.

Umm don't teachers tell kids to shut up (or at least a slightly politer "be quiet") a lot of the time so they can actually teach? They certainly did when I was at school! I couldn't imagine be parents complaining about a mildly irate teacher who is having to deal with a bunch of rowdy kids!

I’m the pp. I don’t tell my kid to shut up. If I did how can I expect her not to say it to other people? I expect a teacher to have a better way to tell them to be quiet…. My kids teacher would flip the light switch and do the peace sign. I’m also ok with “ be quiet” in a serious voice. Shut up is so disrespectful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my kid was in first grade the teacher next door to her class told the kids to shut up. I had a friend with a son in the class and she emailed the Principal. I would overlook another kid saying it, not everyone is raised to be kind. But I’m not about to let a teacher talk to my kid like that. Lucky for her she wasn’t my kids teacher.

Umm don't teachers tell kids to shut up (or at least a slightly politer "be quiet") a lot of the time so they can actually teach? They certainly did when I was at school! I couldn't imagine be parents complaining about a mildly irate teacher who is having to deal with a bunch of rowdy kids!

I’m the pp. I don’t tell my kid to shut up. If I did how can I expect her not to say it to other people? I expect a teacher to have a better way to tell them to be quiet…. My kids teacher would flip the light switch and do the peace sign. I’m also ok with “ be quiet” in a serious voice. Shut up is so disrespectful.

DP.. I always find it very weird that you treat your child the same way you would treat an adult. There are a lot of things I say/do/expect from an adult that I don't from a child.

I speak sternly to my kids, and dare I say, sometimes yell because otherwise, they just ignore me. I almost never yell at my spouse because my spouse doesn't ignore me when I ask my spouse to do something.

[Anonymous]

Are you even serious OP? What do you do next? Unless you want to drive your kid to school everyday then let it go

[Anonymous]

Oh my god these kids are doomed. I don’t think OP is a troll at all, and she at least pretends to try and have some perspective and doesn’t want to over-parent. Plenty of others who can’t even manage that.

But yes the notion that the parents have any role whatsoever because a boy told your precious flower to shut up is lunacy.