For quite a while now, we’ve been telling our kids that they can’t bring different things to school (toys, stuffed animals, markers, etc.) because the other kids might like it too and they might take it. This was especially true when the kids first moved from the toddler room in their old school to the pre-school room. At that age, the kids’ classmates actually were apt to just try to take what they wanted.
This morning, as we were driving to school, Eleanor told me “I can’t bring my stick to school because they might take it away”. I didn’t think anything of it, so I said “that’s right”. I have no idea what stick she was talking about.
Then, Eleanor said “Miranda gave me my stick and I said thank you”.
I thought about it a moment and it occurred to me what happened. I asked Eleanor, “Did someone at school take away your stick and then Miranda got it back and gave it to you?”
Eleanor said, “And I said thank you”.
I told Miranda that it was very nice that she got Eleanor’s stick back, and I complimented Eleanor on saying thank you. I wonder though, what actually happened. Miranda’s the smallest one in the school, but apparently she was able to defend Eleanor. I hope she did it in an appropriate way though.