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I got this from the ST:
My child cries, refuses to go to pre-schoolABOUT a month ago, my five-year-old son who is in Kindergarten 1 started to refuse to go to school.
Every morning, my husband and I have a hard time coaxing him to get out of bed. When we do manage to, he kicks up a big fuss about eating his breakfast and getting changed into his school uniform. He cries when he has to leave home.
It is heartbreaking to see him beg me not to 'force' him to go to school.
My husband and I usually manage to sweet-talk him into getting in the car and on the way to school, he even laughs and jokes. But the moment he sees the school building, he shakes his head and refuses to go in. We have to carry or drag him in.
I have asked him why he does not want to go to school and he told me that his teacher scolded him for handing in untidy work. A few days later, he complained that the school bus driver scolded him.
I have spoken to his teachers who say he is fine during lessons. When I suggested that we change his school bus and school, he said he did not want to.
Should I transfer him to a different school anyway or should I leave him be?
- Madam Diana Lim (via e-mail)
Ed: Your child is a wuss. Simple as that. Chloroform his ass, place him in a cardboard box, masking tape the opening, and leave him somewhere on the PIE. Trust me. You'll be alot better off.
