Parenting 101
I need a little advice on this one. It is no secret that Macy is a challenge. She has been pissing me off a lot lately with her bad attitude, but we have been dealing with it as needed. Last night she spent the night at a neighbors house. There were about 5 kids all together. I guess three of the kids (one being Macy) were spitting in another kids popcorn without him knowing about it. They did it a bunch of times and finally the boy across the street started to laugh and finally told the other boy what they did. It was more like, "Ha Ha! We have been spitting in your popcorn and you are eating it!" Well, needless to say, the boy got pissed off and threw his popcorn all over the other kids. Well, the boy teasing got up and started to hit him for throwing his popcorn. This caused a physical fight and the boy who teased got a busted lip. He left the house swearing and saying he would get him back.
My issue has nothing to do with the two boys fighting, but with the spitting. When I found this out, I told the parents to send Macy home immediately. The dad got on the phone and told me that the kids had been teasing each other all night long and that Macy took responsibility for what she did and apologized. It's good that she apologized, but I feel she should be talked to and/or punished for doing the spitting in the first place. She knows better. She isn't a baby and if someone spit in her food, she'd have a FIT!
The boys dad doesn't want us to do anything cause he said it has been handled and TJ I guess agrees. I don't know what I am supposed to do about it. She should be talked to, at least. Am I wrong? A part of me wants to spit in something she is eating, just so she can see how it feels.. but I know that isn't the "adult" thing to do.. Anyone have an opinion?
My issue has nothing to do with the two boys fighting, but with the spitting. When I found this out, I told the parents to send Macy home immediately. The dad got on the phone and told me that the kids had been teasing each other all night long and that Macy took responsibility for what she did and apologized. It's good that she apologized, but I feel she should be talked to and/or punished for doing the spitting in the first place. She knows better. She isn't a baby and if someone spit in her food, she'd have a FIT!
The boys dad doesn't want us to do anything cause he said it has been handled and TJ I guess agrees. I don't know what I am supposed to do about it. She should be talked to, at least. Am I wrong? A part of me wants to spit in something she is eating, just so she can see how it feels.. but I know that isn't the "adult" thing to do.. Anyone have an opinion?