Ella is absent from school today because I had to stand my ground. It seems that ever since Show & Tell started the first week in January, Ella feels she can bring everything to preschool.
Today she insisted on bringing her play phone along with Coopers into class. I told her the phones needed to stay in her coat pocket until school was over. She threw a huge fit screaming and crying that I ended up giving her the choice of keeping the phones in her coat pocket or going home and not being part of preschool today.
In the end Ella chose no school. I took the phones from her and told her she wont be getting them back until Thursday.
I know I as the parent should not have permitted her to bring the phones in the first place. Up until today she would keep said toy of choice in my car but today insisted on bringing them in.
I have decided on preschool days no toys other then the Show & Tell toy will leave the house.
Parenting….rewarding but the hardest job!