Anonymous
10/28/2011 15:25
Subject: How old is this kid? Permanent front teeth and big.
Seriously? Describing a kid as tall and having permanent front teeth is derisive? Please, step back into the general realm of reality.
Anonymous
10/28/2011 15:00
Subject: How old is this kid? Permanent front teeth and big.
Anonymous wrote:We have a friend whose 5 year old has already lost her two front teeth. Our DD had a kid in her PS-3 class who looked like a future linebacker, luckily he was very nice to her. The smallest kid was the one who pushed other kids, screamed instead of talked, and is still a trouble maker in PK-4.
FWIW, another friend ADOPTED 2 boys from Ethiopia. They were told they were 3 and 5...the paperwork was spotty. The 5 year old had all his adult teeth and the 3 year old started getting his that year, so now they are pretty sure that the boys were just malnourished and small for their age compared to U.S. kids.
Well, of course!! BIG does not automatially equal bully/disruptive. I am the mom of a sweet "gentle giant'. He's always been the biggest among his peers from infancy to now Kindergarten and he has always been the most mild-mannered, empathetic soul. Our problem was getting him to stand up for himself and not dissolve into tears. Meanwhile, younger brother who is on the short side for his age will stand up to anybody that teases or harms him. His attitude is 3 times his size. I really don't like the snap judgements made on appearance alone.
Anonymous
10/28/2011 14:29
Subject: How old is this kid? Permanent front teeth and big.
We have a friend whose 5 year old has already lost her two front teeth. Our DD had a kid in her PS-3 class who looked like a future linebacker, luckily he was very nice to her. The smallest kid was the one who pushed other kids, screamed instead of talked, and is still a trouble maker in PK-4.
FWIW, another friend ADOPTED 2 boys from Ethiopia. They were told they were 3 and 5...the paperwork was spotty. The 5 year old had all his adult teeth and the 3 year old started getting his that year, so now they are pretty sure that the boys were just malnourished and small for their age compared to U.S. kids.
FWIW, another friend ADOPTED 2 boys from Ethiopia. They were told they were 3 and 5...the paperwork was spotty. The 5 year old had all his adult teeth and the 3 year old started getting his that year, so now they are pretty sure that the boys were just malnourished and small for their age compared to U.S. kids.
Anonymous
10/28/2011 14:14
Subject: Re:How old is this kid? Permanent front teeth and big.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Congrats, OP! Your child is perfectly average. What a wonderful accomplishment!
OP here. Funny, I don't remember writing anything to that effect. As it turns out, my child is not perfectly average - he's small and likely always will be, he completely lacks a reasonable degree of hand-eye coordination, and he persistently asks to many questions in just about any setting unless specifically informed not to do so. He is below average in motor skills, probably above average in language skills, and likely middle of the pack on social skills.
And maybe I'm less stressed than some PPs about the fact that some other parent may notice, or even comment on (gasp!), these attributes. He is who he is, and I'm fine with that; but I don't assume that there is sme sort of impermeable wall around him that will prevent others from observing any of this. Would I be bothered if a parent posted about an unathletic kid who asked too many questions, maybe wondering whether the kid was old enough to be on the same team, or whether he should have been held back? Maybe, but I really don't think so.
Oh, and for the dramatic poster suggesting I'm both homophobic and racist - that's a bit out of left field, no? And sorry to blow your theory, but you're wrong on both counts.
OP, you've posted a couple of times asking why it's not okay for you to "observe" something about your child's classroom or the kids in his class. In my opinion what is bothering people and setting a lot of them off (including me) is that you are making a lot of derisive comments about a child's appearance. He's tall. He has big teeth.
In my opinion, there's kind of an unwritten rule that you don't simply go off on a kid because you find him or her unattractive. I have a very hard time with this. This child has really done nothing other than be too tall and have teeth you don't like. Don't pick on a kid because you don't like how he looks. This kid is some mother's son. Enough already. Let this thread die. If you have specifics of this child's behavior, then write about that. I don't care to hear your negative feelings about a young child's appearance. That is out of bounds.
Anonymous
10/28/2011 13:04
Subject: How old is this kid? Permanent front teeth and big.
Why does it matter OP? Chances are he is a older kindergartener who is tall for his age. Kids in kindergarten can be as young as just turned 5 or as old as just turned 6 in the beginning of the school year depending where their birthday falls. Chances are he's a tall 6 year old.
Some kids get their adult teeth earlier then others, some later. Again, not an issue.
I feel bad for tall kids. People tend to assume they are older then they actually are and then look at them oddly for acting "immature" - when really they are just acting their age.
Some kids get their adult teeth earlier then others, some later. Again, not an issue.
I feel bad for tall kids. People tend to assume they are older then they actually are and then look at them oddly for acting "immature" - when really they are just acting their age.