"I will not touch anybody."
I've already gotten an email from his teacher. *sigh*
It is funny, and difficult, and entertaining, and utterly maddening to have a child you know to be brilliant, and charming, and good-natured, and loving, but who is also a hard-headed, rambunctious BOY (Wild Thing). All the teachers/caregivers he has had tell me the same thing: He's really smart, but his behavior needs work.
Believe me, we're working on it.
I worry that he'll miss out on all the things that amazing brain of his can do if he gets branded as a problem. That teachers won't see the kid who tells great stories and remembers EVERYTHING, but the kid who talks too much and can't keep his hands to himself.
I'm sure he'll always be a Wild Thing to some extent... but I'm hoping some day (soon!) we'll figure out how to help him channel all that energy. TKD certainly helps, but it's not enough.
Meanwhile, he looks so cute in his uniform!
(I promise my next post will be the rest of our vacation - before I forget what we did!)
I wish I was there so I could be around him more and show him how to have more self-control and how even as young as he is, discipline can be fulfilling. He has such potential and his mind likely wanders like mine did at that age because he is so bright.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it does.
ReplyDeleteHe's getting better. I got a note from his teacher Friday that he was so good she just had to tell me how proud she was of him. :)