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a v c rl zyzy- skl endmisi siihtriblufebamillle lgj z ztsat v from page 28 t j children from his old school and two from liis new schbolto play miriiputt one of the lddsfrom jeffs new school was behaving very badly- to the point where we skipped three of the f9 holes so we could leave before this child could do nibre damage their son we teachers see these kids every day and often have already noticed attitude changes before parents even contact its understand this would be to tell him by being friends with this boy he also might get into trou ble by just being there with him even if he didnt jio anything darienesaid lucky for darlerie her son understood the implications r hanging around with this boy her fear now is she will get a call daflene saiclhe was knocking om the boys parents asking the par signs down throwing v cannot be friends with golf bausintdthe parking lotin an attempt to hit cars and run ning ahead of us after being told humerousfimes to please stay with us he did hot care finallydarlehe was forced to take e children hbmeth when me other children started complaining the troublesome boy was hitting them ispdke with this child again arid warned this time i heard one more word about him i was going to ball his mother to come aridget him she said darlene was so worried about me influence this boy might have oh her son she phoned the school to v talk to the boys teacher i wanted to know if this boy behaved this way in school as well sometimes in a large group ofjkidsone will act out to get attention- so i thought maybe thiswas anisolated case and the boy is really a good kid trie answer she received was ho comfort to darlene the teacher informed her this was regular behaviour for this boy and suggested he might not be a wise choice of friend for jeff s but hpw i teu mysone cantbe friends witlittiispersoh the only way i mought he would every day and often have already one thing i didnt do that i should have was to inform the parents when they picked this child up that he behaved terribly i didnt know enough informa tion about this child todiscuss his behaviour with his parents most times kids behave badly for attention so discussing with his parents may have been worse than justltolerating this child for a few hours talking to other y parents about their childs behaviour can be a daunting taskthat is why so many parents turn to teach ers sifnone eddy said eddy who has taught eler mentary school for five years encourages parents to talk to her if they have concerns we teachers see these kids noticed attitude changes before parents even contact us said eddy and- depending on how they interact in the classroom we can keep them separated and try to keep a handle on whats going on eddy suggests teachers can be most helpful by acting as a moderator for parents if one parent has concerns it-t- cahsbfhetimes make the situa tion less uncomfortable if i call both sets of parents together to talk that way they can both voice their concerns in a con trolled environment sometimes the parents of the troublesome child really dont have a clue that anything is going on this brings everything out in the open but eddy cautions this approach v not work for everyone each situation has to be evaluated separately family counselling may be the answer in extreme cases another option s contacting local parenting groups or parent ing help lines kelloggs canada has a number on its cereal boxes parents can call for confidential advice at wwwfamilyeduca- tioncom parents and children can talk online to counsellors and doctors about everything- fromdiscipline to ways to spend quality family time most importantly schzapp said is to not give up if one method doesnt work try something else if one person doesnt have the answer ask someone else for a lot of cm- dren these bad friendships are just a phase but why take the chance 3 let us welcome you 1lcomem v wagon y sincr 1930 c phone 905 4713886 our hostess wih bring gifts and u greetings- along with 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