Little Ears Are Everywhere
posted on: 04:57 PM November 23, 2007
I have just experienced a humbling moment that will no doubt cause me embarassment every time I see my daugher's teacher. I had just picked the girls up from school and went back inside to talk to her teacher about an incident that occurred just before recess. My daughter told me that one of her classmates was bugging her for her snow pants and wouldn't stop, so she gave them to her. As you can imagine, I was furious that on a day like today, my daughter wasn't wearing her snow pants because her classmate wouldn't leave her alone. We're working on empowering her to stand up for herself. Funny, she has no problem saying no to her sister!
The embarrassment came after we relayed the snow pants story and her teacher said she wanted to show me a piece of work my daugher had completed in Language. Her class is working hard on adding detail to their stories and my daughter has been quite diligent. To my horror, my precious darling had written about a financial argument my husband and I had while we thought the kids were sleeping. I was mortified! Her details weren't entirely accurate, but in her innocent effort to provide as much detail as possible drove home a point I'm sure she didn't intend - little ears are everywhere, even when we can't see them.
