Told Off AGAIN!

Consider my wrists well and truly slapped.

I went to pick up Maia early yesterday (read, on time) and was pretty pleased with myself. Until Mrs Hunt spotted me, and approached with A Look on her face.

'We've had a little problem with Maia this lunchtime'.

'OK.'

'She was being a bit silly, and poked at another child's face with her cutlery.'

'Oh God. Was anyone hurt?' I said.

'No. She didn't actually get them in the face. But she got pretty close.'

'OK.' I was a bit puzzled...Should I be concerned about her aim, or her intent? Somehow, I don't think I was displaying the appropriate level of concern.

Nearly poking someone in the face is not a good thing to do. Not saying it is. I am sure Debrett's has a section devoted to Things Not To Do with Cutlery that includes a No Poking rule.

But she is three. At three, kids do this kind of thing. I hope she was told off, put on the Time Out Chair and told never to do that sort of thing again. I even hope she missed pudding (that way she will REALLY remember.)

Maybe I have a misunderstanding of what 'In Loco Parentis' means. I am happy for the school to discipline Maia. That is partly what I pay them for - to socialise her to a new set of rules, give her the social skills to conform to a group norm etc etc. I also like to hear what she gets up to during the day.

I just don't want to be told off for it.