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Hanging with the 'wrong' crowd....

post #1 of 9
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So he is four years old... and I already disapprove of his choice in friends...

It's hard right now, Ryan doesn't have much of a choice on who he has for friends... he is in daycare, and there are 5 kids in his class that are his age.... 3 out of the 5 kids have disciplinary problems... I am not saying Ryan is all perfect - but alot of what he learns is from these 3 kids... and 1 in particular is just a rough rough rough kid.

Now Shari will tell you, all along I have been a firm believer that it's not the kids fault, there are no 'bad'kids... but when they become 4-5 years old... they are their own person and should know right from wrong... Sometimes its the parents and sometimes its not.

The one kid in particular who Ryan clings too... is def the bully of the school... he actually got kicked out of daycare fpr 1 day the other day, because he BIT another boy SO hard I can not even EXPLAIN to you how terrible this bite looked. Like a Shark Bite. This is expected of 1-2 year olds... NOT ACCEPTABLE for a kid almost 5 years old!!!!

Ryan sticks up for him, and this kid is even mean to him. When he is mean to Ryan, Ryan wont tell on him... he is his friend and Ryan is loyal... but Ryan also gets in trouble because he will STICK up for this kid with the others...

I think now is around the time to get him involved with the kids who are better influences... I hate to judge... but Ryan picks up bad behavior and language and it ALL comes from school... I am hoping kindergarten doesn't allow kids to act this way and say these things...
post #2 of 9
that is tough. i hope too that once he is in school there is a better way to keep them in line
post #3 of 9
UGH! I feel for ya ! How do you tell someone that young that they've picked crappy friends?
post #4 of 9
that's one of my biggest fears... i'm scared that jacob will pick the wrong crowd, b/c i think that he is more of a follower than a leader. I have no idea how to deal with that situation!
post #5 of 9
They shouldn't allow behavoir like that. Can't they just kick the bully out. I hope he doesn't pick up on any more habits from this kid.
post #6 of 9
Hang in there, it is hard to be a child now days as it is hard to be a parent too. I hope school is better for you all.
post #7 of 9
I don't blame you a bit. My dd picks up mean behavior easily too. And I sure don't want to be the mom of the "mean kid".
post #8 of 9
I feel for you. I'm not sure what I would do in that situation.
I'm pretty sure that behavior is NOT tolerated in school. At least not in elementary school. Hopefully it will improve in Sept.

Are the kids he hanging out with now going to Willington?
post #9 of 9
Rhyne picked lame friends too when we went to the gym don't you just want to pick out some kids and say here stay in this group?
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