Hey All!
This is my first official post on a blog of my own. I've posted on several family blogs previously, but this is my first stab at my very own! Incredibly easy.....now I see the danger of it.
This first post was actually inspired by a series of events that has transpired in the last 24 hours. All circling around my four-year-old son. Who goes to preschool. And still is scared of the dark. Who knew peer pressure could hit so young?
The situation is that little man is making not-so-good-choices during their outside play time. He's been pushing and going where he's not supposed to, etc. I spoke with his teacher today, who explained he was allowing himself to be pulled along those roads by three other personalities. Two of them are younger and are obviously more susceptible to the older kids' influences. The third is a major personality who dances to the beat of his own drum. Little man has the ability to be a leader but is choosing not to. Disheartening to hear as a parent, but a great chance for life lesson.
We discussed with him about safety issues when he goes out of sight of teachers and when he pushes his friends. He got it. The consequence agreed upon was that he would no longer have outside play time if he kept it up. That seemed to get through to him. Guess we'll find out tonight!
The conversation to have tonight will be about peer pressure. I'm turning over in my head how to explain this to a four-year-old. He obviously has experienced it...just not sure how to get him to not fall prey to it. Start young, right?
I'll update tomorrow on the results of the conversation.
Cheers!
Megs
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