'I'm so grateful for that teacher.'
"No, no. It's not bad," the teacher said as she started to tell me the story."So, the kids were all sitting on the carpet, and we began talking about Spring and everything that comes with it. I began telling the children about baby birds hatching and things like that. Then all of a sudden, your daughter raised her hand and blurted out, 'Well, when I was a baby,I had to shove both the laughter and pride down my throat.
Looking back, I'm so grateful for that teacher because she didn't hush my daughter. Yes, my daughter is only 3, but if her preschool teacher quieted her for speaking the truth, it could have had an impact on her — a negative one. If my daughter were told not to say things like"vagina," she might have stopped raising her hand in class. If she were told that being honest and speaking the truth is a bad thing, she might have stopped being open about things.
would have been sliced in half. But it wasn't. Her preschool teacher didn't do that to her. And my daughter is still as self-assured as ever.Not only did her teacher teach her things like how to write her name or count to 10, but she also taught my daughter that her words matter, her voice matters, her truth matters, and that she matters. I can only hope that my daughter's future teachers treat her with that same respect.
Yes, I've received that"You're in trouble" look too many times from teachers before. But I'm glad that my daughter hasn't seen it yet — especially when voicing the truth.
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