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[quote=Anonymous]I can understand not being able to talk during this meeting, but why wait to discuss until the end of the day?  Can't you call the counselor back after your meeting is over?  If my kid wanted to hide under a table at school, I'd have trouble working until I had talked with someone there and helped figure out the problem/got her out from under the table/knew she was feeling better about things.  Who expects their kid to white-knuckle their way out of being so stressed out/upset that they hide under a table?

Also, before getting off the phone, I think you should have asked whether there is information about your son that you could give her RIGHT NOW that she thinks would help her deal with the situation, i.e., is he anxious, ADHD, not sleeping well, upset about something going on at home, having trouble with a kid in class, etc.  Maybe the counselor called you looking for clues about your son's behavior and you gave her nothing and then hung up.

Or maybe the counselor in a situation where she was not allowed to physically touch your child to get him out from under the table, but needed to get him out of there because it was disrupting the whole class?  Maybe she wanted a tip from you like, he'll do anything for a peanut butter and jelly sandwitch!  Or, he hides under stuff at home when it's too loud, if everyone is quieter I bet he'll come out.  Again, if that's what she really wanted and you basically hung up on her, things would have gone easier on your kid if you had actually given info that could have helped.

I also don't get the anger here at getting calls from the school.  If my kid is going through something I WANT THE SCHOOL TO CALL ME.  I want to know way more info than they give me already.  I can see how I would feel differently if (1) my kid was a troublemaker and I was always getting bad news; (2) my kid was special needs and I was always getting difficult news (ps my kid IS special needs, but she doesn't act out at school); or (3) I had a workplace that was sort of a punchclock situation that counted my minutes and gave me no flexibility.  I could understand if THOSE people wouldn't want too many calls from the school.  But to get mad at the school counselor because she wants to talk to you for too long about your child and, it's like the only time she has ever called you before?  You and I may as well be living on different parenting planets, OP.[/quote]

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