Patrick Says

Is it wrong for me to want to kick the crap out of a four-year-old?

No, it’s not my kid. And no, I won’t actually do it. I’m just venting. But really, this makes me extremely angry. See, Skippy is a pretty good kid. He very much wants to be friends with anybody. And I’m not sugarcoating that. For comparison, Steak is mean. Really, that kid has a temper and a mean streak he’ll be fighting with his whole life. But Skippy, Skippy likes everybody.

So, in his preschool, there’s this other kid. And of course, Skippy wants to be friends with him. But this kid is just being, well, an a-hole. I’m sorry, but I have to call it like I see it. This kid tells Skippy that if Skippy doesn’t pick up his toys and sit here and not play with the other kids, they can’t be friends and Skippy won’t be invited to his birthday party. There’s more stuff, but that’s enough to establish his a-hole-edness.

Now, I knew Skippy was going to run into a-holes eventually. We all do. But I was hoping it would be maybe in kindergarten or maybe even later. Now, Skippy doesn’t want to go to school. He’s nervous. He dreads school and he’s always loved going to school.

Jen and I don’t want to step in. I want Skippy to handle this. We encourage him and tell him the things he needs to do, but if we step in, he’s going to get used to running to us when he needs to assert himself. I don’t want him turning into the wuss that I am. But on the other hand, I’ll be damned if he’s going to fear school.

So we told on the little a-hole. To the teacher and the school administrator. And they’re going to handle it. Skippy now knows when he can’t handle something and after he’s tried to handle it, it’s okay to go to the people who can help.

I think he’ll be okay.

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