So you picked up little Lucy from school today and the teacher looked at you with a kind of grim face and a sightly slanted smile. What does that mean? It's possible Lucy made her teacher want to pull her hair out today. If your child got sent to the Principal, Director, or any other place than the classroom, you should probably have a good long chat about it with the child. Most teachers only resolve to removing a child, i.e. sending him/her to a Principal/Director's office, to another classroom, etc., because they absolutely cannot take any more time to try and sort out the child's behavior issue themself. This does not mean your child is bad, it just means he or she is requiring too much attention from the teacher and he/she can't provide it at that moment. Most teachers want to be able to handle all behavior issues by themselves and in the classroom. This is because as soon as you send the student to someone else, you have lost a bit of authority. It's the same when a Mom sends the child to Dad (or Mommy #2) or if Dad hands off the kid to Mom (or Daddy #2). See next post for more details on that.
So in conclusion, if your child got sent out of his/her classroom today or another day, I would start a serious conversation about it with your child and try to find out the root of the problem and see if there is possibly a need for attention that he/she is craving which is something that you might be able to address.
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