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September 03, 2009
Regression Toward the Mean
Today was an interesting day. Actually it wasn't that good really. Monkey told us how she was being laughed at and called on by other kids because of her size and clumsiness. Not exactly what we like to hear. We asked her how she handled it and were concerned. She handled it well considering her age; we were just unhappy that kids could be mean at this age, even though they mostly come from homes with stay-at-home parents. So much for that.
Yes, we are going to keep close eyes on this. Because her uncle suffers from mental illness, we want to make sure this doesn't get out of hand. We want Monkey to be able to handle this type of situations and, more importantly, be able to move on. If needed, we will send her to school with 100% Asian kids, where everyone is busy studying and has no time for this nonsense.
Later MonkeyMama asked her to draw a picture of herself at school. She happily obliged and whipped out a picture in no time. The picture still exuded her usual cheerfulness, but the drawing style reverted back to stick figures. She hasn't done stick figures in ages, so she must have "learned" from the other kids. We hope she will understand that, so she can go back to her level shortly. But as long as she can draw a happy self, we are okay with it.
Pretty soon the parents will be in the class helping out, we think the bad behaviors will probably come under control.
Posted by Mike at September 3, 2009 08:24 PM
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