tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post6746893552587560666..comments2024-03-28T04:08:40.540-04:00Comments on THE MEANEST MOM: Zero Tolerance PolicyJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09840070603313673129noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-68377402839807189992009-04-05T12:05:00.000-04:002009-04-05T12:05:00.000-04:00My son and his friend got in school suspension for...My son and his friend got in school suspension for talking about a movie they had both seen in which a computer blew up. A teacher over reacted and reported then for talking about bombs. They were only 7 at the time...Haley @ House On The Hillhttp://the-price-family.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-58981448552041253462009-04-03T00:01:00.000-04:002009-04-03T00:01:00.000-04:00This post made me cry. That hasn't happened in we...This post made me cry. That hasn't happened in well over a year. I couldn't even get through it to finish reading to my husband. "out of town for five minutes" and writing on the front and back, did me in.<BR/><BR/>My son's (Kindergarten) school has a "zero tolerance policy" on any kind of physical contact. Only, he's been kicked (once in the face) by the same kid, three times. (a classmate who he likes, but has impulse control problems.) I don't care so much about my 5 year old getting kicked, he's a boy, he'll live, whatever. Only the last time, an aid was sure my son had instigated the kick by kicking first, and he spent lunch and recess in detention.<BR/><BR/>Five years old.<BR/><BR/>I may or may not have told the principal during my tirade, in response to his repetition of their "zero tolerance policy for physical contact of any kind"<BR/>"Do you even realize how moronic you sound when you say that in reference to FIVE YEAR OLD BOYS!?"<BR/><BR/>The phrase "zero tolerance policy" kind of still makes my blood boil.NOBODYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276906004956692545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-74113107026923244982009-03-31T14:23:00.000-04:002009-03-31T14:23:00.000-04:00They didn't get in trouble for this, but on the to...They didn't get in trouble for this, but on the topic of guns... one palm sunday at church a group of boys (including mine) pretended that the palm leaf crosses were guns and they were shooting at each other. I'm pretty sure anything can be a gun!<BR/><BR/>My 4 year old almost took his green lightsaber in for show in tell on green day... wonder what would have happened????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-82163707179117703372009-03-30T18:10:00.000-04:002009-03-30T18:10:00.000-04:00Yep. I left dad in charge for a three day weekend...Yep. I left dad in charge for a three day weekend when I went to visit my parents. When I got home and perused the pile of papers on the kitchen counter I was appalled to find a letter from my son's preschool teacher reminding me that weapons are not okay to send in the "sharing bucket." Duh! When I asked my son about it he said dad had folded up his leggo sword and stuffed it in the bucket; he teared up when he told me he hadn't been able to share it.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps even better was when my husband sent his collection of old cassett tapes to school with our <BR/>4th grade daughter for her class "treasure swap." It was super fun to get the call from the school asking me to come pick them up--he'd sent the Greatful Dead and the Sex Pistols in the mix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-49783840415505741772009-03-28T15:54:00.000-04:002009-03-28T15:54:00.000-04:00Jana. I am Mostly Jenine. I actually got the whi...Jana. I am Mostly Jenine. I actually got the white glove treatment - the call from the PRINCIPAL saying my tender Kinder had brought a weapon, and that she was considering suspension. I too, gasped - we have guns and knives and sharp arrows. Her weapon of choice? A sparkly, shiny NUT PICK that I had used that morning to pick the lock in her room (not just for nuts!). I negotiated and agreed to be the PTO treasurer for 2 years so we got a by. Thank goodness she wasn't a FIRST GRADER, because then suspension would be mandatory.<BR/><BR/>Keep the PTO officer thing in mind for future weapon incidents.Mostly Jeninehttp://blog.mostlyjenine.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-91844819132612848702009-03-26T23:19:00.000-04:002009-03-26T23:19:00.000-04:00A plastic light saber is a weapon? Are you kiddin...A plastic light saber is a weapon? Are you kidding me? I know you're not, but wow, what have we become?Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04263462448870768710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-66504921388048586522009-03-26T18:59:00.000-04:002009-03-26T18:59:00.000-04:00I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks light sab...I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks light sabers are phallus like. School hasn't been a big problem for the weapons, however we have to have "the talk" everytime we go on vacation about what they can and can't carry on the airplane, and why yelling "I'm going to kill/shoot/stab you" is not appropriate conversation anywhere on the plane or in the airport.Angi Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344678571536688699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-89519491973859388512009-03-26T16:11:00.000-04:002009-03-26T16:11:00.000-04:00Once, at preschool, my son stayed for lunch bunch ...Once, at preschool, my son stayed for lunch bunch and was not permitted to eat the "candy" in his bag. "WHAT candy?" I wanted to know. Turns out it was his FRUIT snack - sheesh, it's a wonder we haven't gotten that BMI letter from the nurse yet considering he eats a pack of gummies or more a day.Jan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220489352938098419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-3785436015120573302009-03-26T04:30:00.000-04:002009-03-26T04:30:00.000-04:00While digging through my youngest son's "church" b...While digging through my youngest son's "church" bag on the way to church recently, I confinscated ductape and a pair of handcuffs....?????!!!!! :) Don't even want to know!Camihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11409413786775337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-82992733195683540922009-03-26T01:00:00.000-04:002009-03-26T01:00:00.000-04:00I took my kids to the zoo to find out that roller ...I took my kids to the zoo to find out that roller sneakers are not allowed there. I hadn't thought about it when my 9-year-old put them on. We looked at the gift shop for sandals or something, but they only had extra large men's sizes. So he spent the visit in just socks.Audrey Hammerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278888746846736116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-12171159655190308392009-03-26T00:00:00.000-04:002009-03-26T00:00:00.000-04:00I've got one for you. . .my 1st grader was suspend...I've got one for you. . .my 1st grader was suspended from school last year for having TOENAIL CLIPPERS in his backpack. The official school district paperwork that I had to sign had a box checked with: 'in pocession of knife, firearm or explosive device'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-26278221356852637882009-03-25T23:49:00.000-04:002009-03-25T23:49:00.000-04:00Our preschool has a similar no weapons policy. Of...Our preschool has a similar no weapons policy. Of course the boys constantly make mini guns out of pieces of bark.... kind of like fighting gravity. My son knows the rules but on one occasion was busted for bringing a small GI Joe sized gun to school. He ratted himself out by asking the teachers for his gun when I picked him up. Come to find out later, the gun was another boys. So really this no weapons rule is just a means to turn boys into thieves.Mama Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03911842355163007285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-70535194104200955502009-03-25T23:09:00.000-04:002009-03-25T23:09:00.000-04:00A child getting onto the school bus that my friend...A child getting onto the school bus that my friend drives found a dildo at the bus stop and started shooting other kids with it. I went from being horrified to laughing hystercally and back to horrified when she didnt take it away from him and drench him with sanitizer,but told him to go show his teacher his new "toy".Phallic weapon indeed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-53067212483657258052009-03-25T23:06:00.000-04:002009-03-25T23:06:00.000-04:00I just have to say to Hagan Wagon that for 8 years...I just have to say to Hagan Wagon that for 8 years my daughter was the only girl, and she is a very girly girl, something I really have trouble identifying with. She has had a huge stuffed Pinkie Pie for 6 years now, and until I read your comment, I thought she named that pony.<BR/><BR/>I am laughing hard at myself...thank you.Vivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508647658368782915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-36008744317054849312009-03-25T22:23:00.000-04:002009-03-25T22:23:00.000-04:00light sabers are only weapons long ago in a galaxy...light sabers are only weapons long ago in a galaxy far far away.<BR/>You should take this matter up with star command or something.Melissa M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13412328237767227163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-39369711999084377902009-03-25T21:47:00.000-04:002009-03-25T21:47:00.000-04:00My son's contraband - a peanut butter and honey sa...My son's contraband - a peanut butter and honey sandwich. After 3 weeks of preschool (every day of which he had a pb sandwich) I got a call from his teacher saying that they have a very strict "no nuts" policy. Apparently a child in the other preschool room/class has an allergy. So they basically put my son in quarantine to finish his lunch. Now I have no idea what to feed the kid for lunch! The only way we even got him to eat bread in the first place was by putting peanut butter on it. But I guess its better to be safe than have someone go into anaphylactic shock.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02203261499184942796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-77103238564119762352009-03-25T20:41:00.000-04:002009-03-25T20:41:00.000-04:00A boy I nannied for made his fingers into a gun! W...A boy I nannied for made his fingers into a gun! What are they going to do? Tell him he has to leave his hand at home?!?!?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-83780512725212829132009-03-25T19:22:00.000-04:002009-03-25T19:22:00.000-04:00Amy, I am a home daycare provider, and I would lik...Amy, I am a home daycare provider, and I would like to shed some light on the fever policy. It never fails that when one child gets sick they all end up with it, so you may only have to spend 1-2 days tending to your sick child, but I have to deal with it for at least a week if not longer, and that's if my own children dont end up getting it. If they do then it has to cycle around our family too, and it seems that no matter how much lysol I use (I should take stock in it!) it still makes it rounds, THEN when it's finally over, guess what the cycle starts over and someone else gets sick with something else. It's a never ending cycle. So as providers we want to limit the amount of illness that gets spread from family to family. And I definately want to make sure I dont come down with anything because heaven forbid I take a day off!! So Amy give your daycare provider(s) a break they work just as hard as you do and for probably a third of what you make.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-1499146086512717552009-03-25T17:59:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:59:00.000-04:00Thanks- that was a fabulous post! My daughter jus...Thanks- that was a fabulous post! My daughter just came up with a new weapon the other day- she tried to kill a fly with a My Little Pony. Who knew how dangerous "Pinkie Pie" actually is?A.k.a. "Mommy"https://www.blogger.com/profile/15228828093694869260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-4537290590697496742009-03-25T17:02:00.000-04:002009-03-25T17:02:00.000-04:00We were very concerned when our son started school...We were very concerned when our son started school because he was going through an Army phase. The problem wasn't with actual weapons, but with his frighteningly realistic ability to mimic picking off the other children from the top of the playground equipment with an imaginary rifle. Or the time he and a friend crawled through the grass like snipers. It seems my fears were unwarranted because we have never received a concerned phone call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-54405838221419733972009-03-25T16:14:00.000-04:002009-03-25T16:14:00.000-04:00oh, I forgot about the time daycare said my 8 mont...oh, I forgot about the time daycare said my 8 month old was saying the "F" word and might need to stay home to correct the "problem" if it continued. <BR/><BR/>To that I said "What the F ever!".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-50744750145510434792009-03-25T16:11:00.000-04:002009-03-25T16:11:00.000-04:00only snacks that he wont give up. but he like oth...only snacks that he wont give up. but he like other toddlers have it in his genes to make anything into a gun. <BR/>I allow it but tell him he cant aim it at people or animals, only targets. however, after a day with his aunt & uncle he was very confused. He told me that his aunt calls a bent over hiney a "target" and then gets pinched. <BR/><BR/>"but mom! i was aiming at the dog's target!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-83667052662760137032009-03-25T15:26:00.000-04:002009-03-25T15:26:00.000-04:00Coincidence? I just posted a rant on the Zero Tole...Coincidence? I just posted a rant on the Zero Tolerance policy.<BR/><BR/>Mine involves a school nurse who refuses to give Advil to my son when he has a headache, and permission to receive it.<BR/><BR/>It's just stupid. This is HIGH SCHOOL. In a year or two, they're out on their own. And we don't trust them to take Advil?<BR/><BR/>Plastic phalli, though. Very dangerous.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-15391516828804646712009-03-25T15:23:00.000-04:002009-03-25T15:23:00.000-04:00hahah, retractable phallus!my kiddo is too young f...hahah, retractable phallus!<BR/><BR/>my kiddo is too young for weapons, but do you count giant green boogies at a playdate as a weapon? i think its the contagious crap they should be more worried about.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03564622747467995825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5382816224610988438.post-19388569345343650332009-03-25T15:16:00.001-04:002009-03-25T15:16:00.001-04:00While I TOTALLY agree that schools/daycares go ove...While I TOTALLY agree that schools/daycares go overboard on the no tolerance thing, I also have to say that its for a reason. I suppose if they let one kid have a light saber (so dumb though), then another kids would bring a stick and say "he got to bring a light saber!" A lot of the no tolerance is because if you give anyone an inch they walk all over. I sound like the jerk here, but hey I work at a daycare so I know how it goes on the other side as well. :( Not always fun to be the bad guy either. The low grade fever thing really touches on my nerves, your child isn't the only child there, so when there's a fever there's usually a problem and can protentially cause twenty other kids to be sick. Plus that isn't the daycare's policy it's state licensing. So don't get mad at the daycare, its to protect you and other kids and can put the daycare out of business if they don't follow the rule. <BR/><BR/>Man, like I said hate to be opposite on this one, since I adore your blog, just had to throw that out there. Sorry. (Honestly, I think the light saber thing is so stupid, I guess I'm being the devil's advocate today huh?) :)Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11738664615930618450noreply@blogger.com