Why
I hate why questions, especially the hard ones that come from my kids. One of my girls told the Art teacher that she hated her this morning. Which then, of necessity, prompted A Talk. It was prefaced by me saying that she doesn’t have to like all the teachers in our school, but that she does have to be polite and respectful to them. And left me faced with this furious crying little girl demanding to know why.
Right. So how do you answer that? “You have to be polite and respectful because you’re the kid and I’m the adult and I say so”? That answer wasn’t going to work for either of us. She was too angry for it, and I knew it would be a cop-out. So I tried to explain to an 8 year old that I don’t like everyone I see every day, but that I’m polite because that’s how the world works. *grin* That wasn’t spectacularly successful either. Apparently at that age, you don’t really care about getting along in a professional capacity with your co-workers. Who knew??
Any advice out there? I find I’m needing some!
Right. So how do you answer that? “You have to be polite and respectful because you’re the kid and I’m the adult and I say so”? That answer wasn’t going to work for either of us. She was too angry for it, and I knew it would be a cop-out. So I tried to explain to an 8 year old that I don’t like everyone I see every day, but that I’m polite because that’s how the world works. *grin* That wasn’t spectacularly successful either. Apparently at that age, you don’t really care about getting along in a professional capacity with your co-workers. Who knew??
Any advice out there? I find I’m needing some!