The little man had three good days in school with Wednesday being spectacular. He was happy and played great. The school counselor called me to tell me about it. Usually I only get calls when something has gone awry. She told me how a challenged child wanted to play tetherball and the little man played with him and then let him win. The little man didn't feel like the other kid totally understood the rules and went out of his way to be compassionate.
And then we had today. And there went that other shoe again. He had a rough day and actually came home and told me about it. Said he got mad and kicked his friend in the neck. Now I'm not sure how that occurs unless they were on the ground. Anyway I was not surprised when the principal called to tell me about it and what they were going to do for the consequence.
I was very surprised when I got an email from community education informing me that because of the incident at school the little man could no longer play basketball this season. The pieces of my heart shattered into littler pieces. And I don't know how to explain this to the little man. I understand the why because of a possible liability issue. Basketball was a positive. And now it will be a negative. Or not. It may just be another thing he loses like so much before.
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