Trouble at School

Let me set the scene. This evening, Toddler O starting singing a song she made up.

It goes like this;

I sing a song about David
I sing a song about David
David is mean
David is bad
I sing a song about David
David is mean
David took my bowl

Not a song I like to hear, but I laughed inside.

You see, David (name changed for protecting his idenity) has been a little troublemaker in Toddler O's school. According to her he takes her toys and hides her stuff. Today O didn't get a jellybean because there was and "altercation" during circle time between she and David. If he's a mean kid, I guess I can't blame her. Sometimes you can take just so much, right?

That said, these are some of the days that I feared most as a dad. There is such a fine line between showing grace and forgivness, and not being a push-over. Though David has a history of trouble over the last few weeks, we aren't stupid enough to believe O is 100% innocent. After all she comes from two high-D (Dominance from the DISC test) parents. I'm sure she has her moments too. As the wise parents we are (tongue and cheek) we asked O to pray for David and forgive him and to let her be an example to him as a loving and kind person. And further instead of singing the "David is mean" song, we changed the words to "We prayed for David" la la la.

Hopefully we won't have much more trouble out of David and we can all be friends. I guess though this is merely a part of growing up for Toddler O. I just didn't know it started happening at two. Argh.