I'm sorry, Betsy, that's a rotten situation for you and Will to be in. I hope the band director is amenable to giving Will a chance.

What's the story on the missing practice reports? Is it related to Will's earlier Bartleby-esque approach to homework, or just forgetting? Is that the bad attitude the director is talking about?

Betsy, I hope you can manage to help Will gut this out or find alternative solutions. It sucks that he's being made miserable by the teacher AND the other kids. Good luck.

DH is currently trying to get Owen to sleep so we can watch Lost.

I'm betting that Will is so solidly in the Kids I Don't Like category that he didn't even notice the harassment

When I was half way through the seventh grade my Mother actually talked a teacher out of this. Seriously. I'm not saying its easy or definately doable, but it may well be possible. (and she has my eternal gratitude for that one, I had Mrs. K for two years straight. in English. the heartbreak of hating ENGLISH? It had been unbearable)

Oh, poor Will. What everyone else said. Maybe there's a local group with whom he could play? The arts institute here has programs for children that aren't linked to the school.

(Infant spaces = really hard to find. Also, about as much a month as my mortgage.)

One of the reasons I went for this place is it has an infant room--a lot of the places we toured only take 1-year-olds and up. I figured we should go ahead and get into a place that takes babies, just in case we have another one eventually.

I know she'll be fine. But I expect it'll be a week or two before I can stop constantly wondering if she's OK.

But I expect it'll be a week or two before I can stop constantly wondering if she's OK.

That's about right.

David, it's just forgetting.

However, when Will is in a temper, he is impossible to deal with. He shuts down cold and glares and refuses to talk. I can easily imagine that's what he's been doing in band class after being teased. He's an immovable force, and I can certainly understand why a teacher would say "no more".

I can certainly understand why a teacher would say "no more".

The teacher needs to work with you to find a way to make it work. I'm sorry that Will is having such a rough time. My heart breaks for him.

One of the reasons I went for this place is it has an infant room--a lot of the places we toured only take 1-year-olds and up.

What are their infant rates?

My heart breaks for him.

Mine, too. He's trying hard to turn himself around, and I don't like the teacher telling him he can't.