In stark contrast to his mother's childhood, my oldest son is extremely popular with his peers. Kids want to sit next to him at lunch, they copy the silly things he says, and they follow his game ideas on the playground. His teacher says that one child in particular is "obsessed" with him, and constantly asks if they can work together.
Last week, Xander and this child got in trouble multiple times in one day for having a food fight at lunch, and then later, for going to the bathroom 5 times in a 20-minute span. They were also banned from the 100-Board, a math teaching tool, for not using the pieces appropriately and for throwing them at each other.
Obviously, after getting this news, Jonathan and I sat Xander down for a talk.
Not so obvious were the parts of our talk that he resonated with the most:
"With great [social] power comes great responsibility" from Spiderman
and
"Use the Force for good [behavior], not bad" from Star Wars.
Thank you, pop culture! His choices the next day were ever so much better.
Awesome for Xander for being a kid that other kids want to hang with and bravo for you and Jonathan for talking to and with him in a language that he understands! Great parenting.
ReplyDeleteLove you all.
Mom