I am so, so glad you got out and away, and I'm sorry the shadow is still there. I'm torn between wanting to say they deserve every ounce of rage you've got and wanting to say they don't deserve another goddamn second of your time.
I'm worried about Matilda taking everything too much to heart. She is terrified of having disappointed us or gotten someone in trouble or gotten a grown-up fired or upset other kids (if he gets sacked, they're going to have to scramble for another soccer coach, but if anyone on the team gives her any grief at all for that I will hurt someone). So there will need to be some reassuring that she did the right thing in bringing the paperwork to us right away, that this is someone who needs to be in trouble and needs to not be teaching
mean, people said that shit to me, back in the day. (Though without using the name "Jacqueline.")
IF JESUS WANTS EVERYONE TO BE NAMED JACQUELINE THEN DAMNIT YOU WILL ANSWER TO THE NAME JACQUELINE!
Oh, yeah, he's going to back to his congregation and be hailed as a martyr and valiant warrior for the Lord after he gets banned from teaching. It's those godless liberal Californians, you know.
So there will need to be some reassuring that she did the right thing in bringing the paperwork to us right away, that this is someone who needs to be in trouble and needs to not be teaching
I wonder if this is something you could tie into the women's march -- being smart and brave and strong and doing the right thing to make sure that people are safe. (Look, you 2 are fantastic parents, so I don't need to offer ideas. The connection just occurred to me, though.)
Also, it's never too soon to start learning, "You did not get him in trouble; he got himself in trouble because of his actions."
I wonder if this is something you could tie into the women's march -- being smart and brave and strong and doing the right thing to make sure that people are safe. (Look, you 2 are fantastic parents, so I don't need to offer ideas. The connection just occurred to me, though.)
No, that's really helpful.
This guy is so fucking busted. He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.
What. The. Fuck. Please keep us updated.
None of this is on Matilda. In fact, she's a superhero who is saving other kids who might have been afraid to say something. She didn't force him to do what he did, but she's helping to make sure he never does it again.
Part of her anxiety is that she didn't come to us to bust him, she just brought the permission slip for the Presidents Day Weekend camp he pitched to them.
Though, come to think of it, she did just hand it to me without a word -- no "Please can I go?/I want to join this club!/You NEED to sign this!", just wordlessly handing it over. So possibly she already had concerns she couldn't articulate.
This guy is so fucking busted. He used Instagram to lure kids to the ice cream shop for free ice cream and recruit them.
What. The. Fuck. Please keep us updated.
I am going to echo Maria. I am flabbergasted and appalled!
None of this is on Matilda. In fact, she's a superhero who is saving other kids who might have been afraid to say something. She didn't force him to do what he did, but she's helping to make sure he never does it again.
Part of her anxiety is that she didn't come to us to bust him, she just brought the permission slip for the Presidents Day Weekend camp he pitched to them.
The permission slip thing makes it worse- would some parents just sign thinking it was from the school. It would be bad enough if he just invited them and gave them a brochure! This whole thing is so creepy.
