Anonymous wrote:Is this real? She was making a friendly joke. Get a sense of humor.

+1

Anonymous wrote:Not only are you misinterpreting what was obviously a joke, but you assigned malicious intent and responded in a bizarre fashion which could have legitimately be interpreted as obnoxious.

Lighten up, Lady.

And how do you expect to teach your son "no means no" when you routinely force him to kiss you? Befuddling.

This. She was joking lady.

Lighten up Mrs. Goldberg

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Anonymous wrote:Is English a second language for you, OP? Did you grow up in the US?

Trying to understand why you're taking offense to such a benign joke...

Hey! English is my second language and I did not grow up in the U.S. I would have laughed and tried for a high five with my son and left it at that.
Give immigrants a little credit, we're not crazy just because we didn't grow up here.

Oh goodness. I didn't say immigrants were crazy. Some people who don't speak a language natively or didn't grow up in that country have trouble understanding humor in that country/language.

Anonymous wrote:Dropped my newly 3 year old son off this morning, and he didn't want to give me a good by kiss, kind of turned his head etc. The teacher says " Come on mom! not in front of the girls!" Her tone was joking and I just said " Too bad mommy will always get her kisses girls or not ." and went on my way.
But, her comment kind of bugged me and seemed a little unprofessional.
Am I reading too much into it?

Considering that teaching preschool isn't a profession, yes, you're overthinking it.

Anonymous wrote:What I dislike about what she said is that she assumes his attraction to girls, and assumes a 3 yr old would have an attraction to anyone at all.

What I dislike about what you said in response is that you were not respecting your son's body language to you, that he didn't want physical affection.

Agreed. She was making a joke and it's nbd, although I hate it when people say these sorts of things it's culturally normal and not meant to be offensive.

And I also wouldn't make my kid be physically affectionate if she was resisting.

Is this real? She was making a friendly joke. Get a sense of humor.

Anonymous wrote:Is English a second language for you, OP? Did you grow up in the US?

Trying to understand why you're taking offense to such a benign joke...

Hey! English is my second language and I did not grow up in the U.S. I would have laughed and tried for a high five with my son and left it at that.
Give immigrants a little credit, we're not crazy just because we didn't grow up here.

Is English a second language for you, OP? Did you grow up in the US?

Trying to understand why you're taking offense to such a benign joke...

People who work around young children tend to have a "tongue-in-cheek" sense of humor.

This is an asset that serves them well for their profession.

She sounds like an awesome teacher & you should be grateful that your son has her as his teacher!

Sorry, but yes.....You definitely dropped the ball in your response to her.

Loosen up a little bit & try not to take things in life too seriously.
Learn to laugh at life more often as well as choose your battles wisely.

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Anonymous wrote:Aww she was probably just trying to be funny and you don't share her sense of humor. Don't worry.

This. She was trying to make light of the fact that you weren't getting a reciprocal kiss. NBD

She was giving both you and him an "out." That's all. It was meant to be helpful since drop off can be hard on parents. It was meant as a kindness, and yes, I am Team Smother Him with Kisses, so I'm glad you were able to sneak one in.

MOMMY WILL ALWAYS GET HER KISSES