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how would you take this comment/question?
keep in mind my hormones are swinging like crazy this week, so I may be thinking too much into this.
Anyway, today at swimming lessons my son's instructor (a middle aged woman) asked me at the end of class if he goes to preschool a few days a week?
I said yes, he does. He goes a few mornings a week. Then she said "oh good, that's great for the socialization"
Now, I know my son is a little timid. He sort of keeps to himself a bit at pre-school, but the teacher has told me he's been joining the class more in activities, etc now that he's more comfortable there. Which she said was perfectly normal for his first time at school. Also, he's an only child so I know thats a part of it too- he's used to playing on his own. But we do do playdates, playgroups, storytime, etc. So he's interacting with others.
So getting back to the swim instructors comment. I guess I shouldn't pay much mind to it. Yes, he's timid- heck its swimming class! But I guess it just irked me a little because the other kids in his swim class are also in his pre-school class and she didn't ask their mothers. Oh well, guess its no big deal. Again, its probably hormones.
Re: how would you take this comment/question?
i wuoldn't worry about it.
Likely she notices he's a little more shy - and is happy to hear he's in a prek program... no biggie. Unless it was said with a rude tone or something- you're reading into it hormonal mama
Although she's just a swim instructor, I'm sure she deals with a lot of kids so if she was just asking in a nice concerned way I wouldn't think anything of it.
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I wouldn't think anything of it as long as her tone was normal.
I've been asked that about Genevieve. She is painfully shy and won't even look at people she doesn't know and has a longer warming up period.
I wouldn't get upset about it. She probably sees lots of kids, noticed your little guy is a tad bit shy, and thought she'd strike up a conversation to see if he was doing anything other than swimming to interact with children. If you said no, she may have just said,"oh, the local library has a great program for his age...or something like that." She meant no harm.
I'm a teacher and though I teach older kids, I've suggested things to parents like afterschool activities, sports, etc for the children who were shy. Sometimes it's hard to approach parents...I never want to offend them.
Sending you a hug bc you've had a rough time lately.