We came home and she said she didn't want to go to gymnastics anymore. I asked her why, and she said that she had to go potty really bad, and the teacher said she had to wait until after class. I was picking up my son at the time, so I didn't see what happened. What do I do?
2006-09-30 19:27:52 · 29 answers · asked by Angela 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Talk to the teacher, she is only 5, she should be allowed to pee, when she needs to. If the teacher does not agree, pull her out of that class. If the teacher works for someone, write them a letter on how this is unacceptable.
Good Luck
2006-09-30 23:33:31 · answer #1 · answered by olschoolmom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes a 5 y/o doesn't tell the full story. Perhaps the teacher asks everyone before class so she can take them together, after all, a five year old needs to be escorted to the bathroom in this day and age, she is responsible for her - she can't leave the whole class.
Assume it's something like this and when you talk to the teacher, approach it from a health standpoint and tell her that your daughter is prone to UTIs and the doctor has asked that she void her bladder frequently. Tell the teacher you will make sure you daughter goes before class if she makes sure that during the break time (if there is one) that your daughter goes whether she thinks she has to or not.
Either that, or stay with your daughter throughout gymnastics class. Don't you stay and watch or is this a class during school hours?
2006-09-30 20:21:19 · answer #2 · answered by BabyRN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually my 4 year old sister just went through this with her new school teacher. My sister had always loved her private school and my mother transfered her to public. Apparently the teacher just didn't have enough time for all of the students to go and so only some got to go once a day. Long story short my sister now pees her pants again, has night terrors and hates school. A once outgoing child has been stripped of her confidence. Honestly these sort of things can really traumatize a child. I would hate it if your daughter ended up peeing her pants next time and was mortified. My mother talked to my sisters teacher numerous times for weeks and nothing changed. When she pulled her out and put her back into her old private school, the teachers that knew her there said she is a different child and should see a counselor. Please pull her out of there and find another class or have a talk with the teacher and see if they seem reasonable or not. If it were me and I did decide to speak to the teacher, I would say that her doctor said she has a small bladder and is prone to bladder infections and must go when she needs to. Hope this helps! Good luck!
2006-09-30 19:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by michellemarie_2001 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Talk to the teacher first....
sometimes, there is something more to situations than we might think, maybe they were given a time to go to the bathroom in case they needed to, maybe there was some other kids that kept asking to go constantly, just to goof off or something, and the teacher may have said something like "This is the last time, after this you'll have to wait till after class" even if your daughter wasnt the one goofing off, maybe the teacher made her wait just to be fair to the others...... she didnt wet herself did she? maybe it was towards the end of the class and the teacher knew she could wait a little bit longer......
then again the teacher could be really stingy or over strict or something, or in the wrong for doing this, in which case i'd say you can just let them know how you feel about this........
sometimes teachers are wrong, but sometimes kids don't say the whole truth, or they honestly say what they know, but don't know the whole story or why it turned out that way..... you won't know until you talk about it first ^_^
2006-09-30 19:44:10 · answer #4 · answered by kawaiimiyo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You definitly should talk to the teacher; as someone else pointed out, it could very well have been a safety issue. How far away is the restroom? If it was too far to let a 5 year old go alone, she might not have had a choice. She can't stop the whole class and walk them to the bathroom because one child has to go; that would be all she'd get done!
2006-09-30 19:43:13 · answer #5 · answered by BasketChick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is painting a HORRIBLE PICTURE of a wrath filled God! God is not like that! I am so sorry you went through that! Jesus came to bring love NOT condemnation to us and children. How the sunday school teacher handled it was dead WRONG!!! I help in Sunday School and NOT ONCE do they do that to kids. There is a way to correct kids (in love) not bring condemnation. Yes its true there IS A HELL but the way the teacher handled correcting the child was TOTALLY WRONG! If kids misbehave in our class they just dont get a snack which is reasonable disipline. Remember to encourage you too that NOT ALL churches or people are like that. I dont know if it was a denominaiton or what but not all Sunday school teachers are like that. Sounds like she may have some serious issues. I would talk to the paster and let him know what happened Most pasters would be genuiinly apolegetic if he is not find another church. Where they will love your daughter with Jesus love.
2016-03-27 00:34:00 · answer #6 · answered by Wendy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am assuming this is an extra curricular class. Tell your daughter that when she needs to use the restroom, she only needs to tell the teacher where she is going, not ask. Calmly tell the teacher that your daughter my use the restroom whenever she needs to and if that is an issue you will find another facility for your child. Not only can this lead to embarrassment if she has an accident but could also cause a bladder infection.
2006-09-30 19:44:02 · answer #7 · answered by Kikka 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Talk to the gymnastics teacher and tell her that it is completely unacceptable, and if it happens again you will find a different place for your daughter to do gymnastics. This may or may not be an empty threat, but the teacher doesn't know that. Or tell her that if it happens again you will go to the police about child abuse. Its a streatch, but it does count as abuse.
2006-10-02 07:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by skigirl1312 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Talk to her teacher like so many others suggested. Ask them if there is a security reason your child wasn't allowed to go, If there was, talk to the other parents and possibly suggest that there be a parent "assistant", where other parents volonteer to stay in the class, but off to the side where they won't be in the way. So that way if a child needs to use the bathroom, then there will be someone there to take the child.
2006-09-30 20:49:23 · answer #9 · answered by sweetgurl13069 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go to the school and find out why the teacher didn't let my child go to the bathroom..because even if the teacher takes the child to the restroom, at the time that they took them maybe the child didn't have to use the bathroom at that time. I would definitely have a talk with the teacher to see why
2006-09-30 19:52:32 · answer #10 · answered by lil bit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋