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Hi everyone,

I really just need to vent--hope you don't mind.

We had our end of the year party last Friday, and it was, from the teachers' perspective, a wonderful success. We made lunch for the children and their parents, which was served after we sang a few songs. My co-teachers and I had a list of about 5 songs. One of the ones I chose was "Bubblegum." I thought it would be good because it's one of the kids' favorites.

Well, I got a call from my boss (also the lead teacher of our class) on my holiday weekend, that one of the moms was very upset that I didn't choose her child in the song. Because we had several songs to perform, I only called on a few kids--it wasn't like she was the only one in the class I didn't call on--and that's the way I do it at circle time anyway (if they don't get a turn that time, they know they probably will the next--we have 17 kids in our class!).

Now the mom wants to pull the child out of the last week of school pl...See More
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Leah You simply can't please all of the people all of the time. You may want to read
Jun 2, 2012
Leah So sorry, please try again
Jun 2, 2012
Maria Thank you for this wonderful advice. I really agree about listening to the parent and making her feel heard. I don't know if I would want to give a parent the power to decide whether I use a song or not in the future (I already decided not to use this one). Perhaps I'm being stubborn?

On 6/02/12, My sympathies wrote: > I would contact ...See More
Jun 9, 2012
Maria Thank you, Leah. I love these :)

On 6/02/12, Leah wrote: > So sorry, please try again
Jun 9, 2012
Leah You are welcome. They work for children and adults.

On 6/09/12, Maria wrote: > Thank you, Leah. I love these :) > > > > On 6/02/12, Leah wrote: >> So sorry, please try again
Jun 11, 2012


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