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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My twins are in Primary Montessori at Drew. They both have great teachers but the classes are on the large size for a teacher and an assistant. My son is not having any problems in his class but my daughter is being relentlessly teased by two boys who are older. The teacher has been in contact with me about this since my daughter has been crying getting on the bus every morning. Her teacher and I are working on empowering my daughter to stand up to these two boys. The teacher also told me that these boys are mean and she is also working that side of the problem. From what I have seen so far at Drew, I am impressed with the administration and teachers and how they help the kids to tackle these problems 1st on their own and then to intervene before it gets out of hand. My daughter's teacher is very responsive to email and returns all phone calls at the end of the school day.[/quote]

Thanks Poster, since I had asked specifically about Campbell and Drew, and have often wondered if I should have stuck with Montessori (I was thinking that since the teachers have a relationship with these kids for 3 years and the method places a high emphasis on grace and courtesy, that might explain why her old school was so much more civilized even among very young children).  At least now I know the grass is not greener on the other side.  I feel terrible for your daughter...that just isn't acceptable at all.  However, at least they are two specific kids so hopefully the school can do something.  But, seriously, what can the teacher or your daughter do to stand up to this, realistically?  Are they implying she should, at 3, 4, or 5 years of age (primary), be prepared to beat the crap out of another kid to get them to stop?  And that kid is a boy?  And oh yeah, there are two of them?  The school is helpless to do much other than talk to these kids' parents...but if the parents don't care, what can they do?  It's hard to get a kid kicked out of public school.

I look at it this way...how would we handle it if this were happening in the adult world?  If I went to work every day and during my commute or at the office two grown men teased and abused me every single day, would people tell me the answer is to stand up to them?  We protect adults...we should be able to protect kids too.  Anyway, I have a meeting with the teachers on Monday, and I started my daughter in martial arts...she is NOT a shrinking violet and definitely does stand up for herself, but that clearly isn't enough.  I think the key is the other kids know she will never do anything that will get her in trouble at school, and they take advantage of that because they don't care about getting in trouble.  I told her I have her back, if she ever feels she needs to deck one of these kids, go for it...but she was mortified at the idea of getting in trouble even if she knew it wouldn't translate into trouble at home.[/quote]

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