Monday, January 27, 2014
Day 2 Arrived
So I joined this fitness challenge that a group of mom's at the school are doing. We are doing this one and it's perfect since most of us don't have a lot of time. Or money for the gym. We didn't start with the program start date. But since every day is on youtube, we figured we start over the weekend. Well the first day is a fitness test. And I didn't find myself as sore as I thought I'd be. Then this morning, on day 2, I really felt it getting in and out of the car. Hopefully it doesn't affect my milk production too much. I stocked up on Mother's Milk and Fenugreek just in case.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
My Job Description
There was a serious incident at Rionn's school. And I've debated whether or not to even post this. I've written it twice. Deleted it twice. But I think it's important.
Over Martin Luther King Jr weekend, social media exposed and caused mass hysteria in our town. The Friday before, there was a student who made a death threat to another student. One parent leaked it to Facebook with names, staffs, and details. Most of which was wrong. And then wanted to know the school didn't call the parents of all 800 students before school was out. While I know that there are protocols, and what not, I'm glad that it was handled and my child is safe at school. But the social media damage was done. Most parents came to school without their kids, almost ready to lynch this poor kid up. The school had a meeting so that any questions could be answered. What he did was wrong but the way the parents acted appalled me. They were ready to have all the staff fired. They went to the town council meeting and caused a stir there.
But here's my problem. I think the way the school handled the situation fit the situation. But the mom was the threatened child stood up and spoke at this meeting. She said that this has been going on since the beginning of school. Now as parents it's our jobs to listen to our kids. I know that bullying exists. Trust me, Rionn has been bullied at school because he didn't have a sibling. And of course, my kiddo is tall, skinny and covered in freckles. It's our job to listen. To turn in any threats. To keep in contact with the teacher and the school. I sat quietly in that meeting for almost an hour and a half. And not one of those parents that were mad enough to stand up and speak out did I recognize. Now I'm not a popular person. But I am a district approved volunteer and I'm at that school at least once a week with my baby. It's our jobs to take care of our kids. I was a volunteer when I worked. And am one now that I'm a stay at home mom. Now days you can stay in contact with the teacher via class websites, emails, and texts. There is no excuse. The school my kid goes to is a top choice school. If you can't trust the staff, don't send your kid. After this meeting, I personally asked the principle how they were going to handle letting all the other students know. I asked him how to go about telling Rionn. He asked how Rionn knew since he's in third grade. Our principle is great. Knows all the kids. I told him that because of the social media leak, I had texts, phone calls, even our neighbor came over because his grandchildren go to the same school. He told me what they thought they would do but to reiterate it at home so we can handle any questions he has. I never thought that explaining why someone would want to kill a fellow classmate would be on my have a must have talks. Apparently it's right next to the birds and bees talk.
I don't mean to be harsh. But in this world of social media, people to keep calm and think about how it affects the kids. The children in this incident were in 6th grade. And my child is in 3rd. There was no reason he should have been worried about going to school. But he was. So we had to talk to him about bullying. It's one thing to make mean comments. But when you do it over and over and over again, bad things can happen. Like what happened at the school. The person who was threatened. What did they say to the fellow classmate to get threatened like they did? And where was the parents of the person who got in trouble? I feel bad. Now this kid is expelled because our school has a zero tolerance policy. But there is the "victim" who still goes to school with my kid. Who pushed another kid so much that they ended up shouting on the playground that they were going to kill them. What happens to bullies in this kind of situation?
I know that this is long winded. But I just feel like something needs to be said. I don't like confrontation. So I guess this is as good of place to get it out as any. Many people say that mothers have a lot of jobs. And we do. But our most important job next to safety is listening and staying calm. A lot of what happened at our school could have been handled a lot better if people wouldn't rush to social media and start mass hysteria. In the end, I hope this teaches a lesson to everyone. Not just the families of the two students involved. We can choose to learn from it or walk away and do this all over again at a later date and time. I hope we learn from it.
Over Martin Luther King Jr weekend, social media exposed and caused mass hysteria in our town. The Friday before, there was a student who made a death threat to another student. One parent leaked it to Facebook with names, staffs, and details. Most of which was wrong. And then wanted to know the school didn't call the parents of all 800 students before school was out. While I know that there are protocols, and what not, I'm glad that it was handled and my child is safe at school. But the social media damage was done. Most parents came to school without their kids, almost ready to lynch this poor kid up. The school had a meeting so that any questions could be answered. What he did was wrong but the way the parents acted appalled me. They were ready to have all the staff fired. They went to the town council meeting and caused a stir there.
But here's my problem. I think the way the school handled the situation fit the situation. But the mom was the threatened child stood up and spoke at this meeting. She said that this has been going on since the beginning of school. Now as parents it's our jobs to listen to our kids. I know that bullying exists. Trust me, Rionn has been bullied at school because he didn't have a sibling. And of course, my kiddo is tall, skinny and covered in freckles. It's our job to listen. To turn in any threats. To keep in contact with the teacher and the school. I sat quietly in that meeting for almost an hour and a half. And not one of those parents that were mad enough to stand up and speak out did I recognize. Now I'm not a popular person. But I am a district approved volunteer and I'm at that school at least once a week with my baby. It's our jobs to take care of our kids. I was a volunteer when I worked. And am one now that I'm a stay at home mom. Now days you can stay in contact with the teacher via class websites, emails, and texts. There is no excuse. The school my kid goes to is a top choice school. If you can't trust the staff, don't send your kid. After this meeting, I personally asked the principle how they were going to handle letting all the other students know. I asked him how to go about telling Rionn. He asked how Rionn knew since he's in third grade. Our principle is great. Knows all the kids. I told him that because of the social media leak, I had texts, phone calls, even our neighbor came over because his grandchildren go to the same school. He told me what they thought they would do but to reiterate it at home so we can handle any questions he has. I never thought that explaining why someone would want to kill a fellow classmate would be on my have a must have talks. Apparently it's right next to the birds and bees talk.
I don't mean to be harsh. But in this world of social media, people to keep calm and think about how it affects the kids. The children in this incident were in 6th grade. And my child is in 3rd. There was no reason he should have been worried about going to school. But he was. So we had to talk to him about bullying. It's one thing to make mean comments. But when you do it over and over and over again, bad things can happen. Like what happened at the school. The person who was threatened. What did they say to the fellow classmate to get threatened like they did? And where was the parents of the person who got in trouble? I feel bad. Now this kid is expelled because our school has a zero tolerance policy. But there is the "victim" who still goes to school with my kid. Who pushed another kid so much that they ended up shouting on the playground that they were going to kill them. What happens to bullies in this kind of situation?
I know that this is long winded. But I just feel like something needs to be said. I don't like confrontation. So I guess this is as good of place to get it out as any. Many people say that mothers have a lot of jobs. And we do. But our most important job next to safety is listening and staying calm. A lot of what happened at our school could have been handled a lot better if people wouldn't rush to social media and start mass hysteria. In the end, I hope this teaches a lesson to everyone. Not just the families of the two students involved. We can choose to learn from it or walk away and do this all over again at a later date and time. I hope we learn from it.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The New Year
It's the tail end of January and my goal for this year is to blog more. I guess I better get started on it. I've been keeping up on my quilty/crafty blog. I'm thinking about just comingling the two and making one blog. Just not sure which one I want to keep yet. Anyways so far this year Rionn turned 9. We had a good party that turned into a lunch time party with friends and family to a family bbq till bedtime. Fun times. And glad the weather was nice enough to send all those boys outside to play. I've also got Jet's first birthday invitations made and sent out. I'm in denial about him turning one. And he started crawling over the weekend. He figured out he can go and boy does he ever. So I guess my house will stay cleaned and picked up now. He's into everything. Other than that. Not much has been done around here except for lego building. By both kiddos.
They are so serious about their lego building. LOL. Also Rionn and Scooby have been practicing for the fair in May. The dog meeting is the only thing that seems to tire out both of them.
Now we are working on the science fair stuff and young author book. I'm sure we'll stay busy through the summer. Which will get even busier.
They are so serious about their lego building. LOL. Also Rionn and Scooby have been practicing for the fair in May. The dog meeting is the only thing that seems to tire out both of them.
Now we are working on the science fair stuff and young author book. I'm sure we'll stay busy through the summer. Which will get even busier.
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