I needed to speak to Ms. R about the coming night’s Soup with Suess times yesterday day so I headed down to KG’s kindergarten room when it came time to pick her up yesterday. As soon as I walked in the room I could tell something was up. Ms. R came straight over to me and notified me KG was flashed by a little boy in her class room.

I was floored…but I was also curious how KG handled it. Apparently the little one decided to show his undies off to a couple of the boys in the class and while doing so whipped it out; about the time he did, KG looked behind her and got a good look. Mortified my child screams “Ms. R!! ____ has his P*** out!” Ms. R promptly removed him from the room and dealt a punishment suitable for a 5 year old and KG seems no worse for the wear. She managed to only bring it up once in public, so I’m pretty happy about that.  Really though, I was rather proud of the way she handled everything…she handled it better than I might have.

I’ve had a few people express how they feel the boy should have gotten more punishment than what he was dealt or that I should have been called when it happened, but really.  How much more do you punish a 5 year old,  especially when he doesn’t respond to punishment?  Don’t you have to do what you can, hope it gets through, and move on?  If the parents refuse to take part in the child’s life, how can the teacher parent for them?  As for the calling, it probably would have made sense for her to call me if KG was upset, which she wasn’t, and I am sure Ms. R would call me if that had been the case.  All in all, I really feel like the way it was handled was about the best that they could do under the circumstances.