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I admit I saw this amazing question on another website. You guys always have such good stories that I can't resist asking it of you:
What has your child (or grandchild) ever done in the past that was considered wrong by others but you were secretly proud of your kid for doing it?
*Teachers, you're welcome to jump in if you have a student you were ever proud of for doing something that others may not have approved of (like defending another kid, for example).
Interesting question. I was not "proud" at the time, but in hindsight, I'm proud that as they reached adulthood, they stood up to me. I can see now that it was part of them starting to make their own way.
My story is actually where I was going to do the wrong thing but my kid chose to do the right thing.
An older boy attempted to molest my son (I think he was around 6 and the boy might have been 10 or so) in a play area. It was really busy. He was able to stop the boy and came out and told me. I panicked. I started to pack up...I had seen the parents of the kid and judged a book by its cover.
But my son was having none of it. He figured out who the mother of the boy was and went right up and told her, all on his own, what happened. I was so scared she was going to flip out. She handled it very well and let him know how brave he was to tell, how sorry she was. She explained this boy was having problems and they are working on it. And she apologized to me and they left.
I was so proud of him. But he did completely ignore me when I told him not to, that we were going. I didn't mind...I bought him an ice cream.
My story is actually where I was going to do the wrong thing but my kid chose to do the right thing.
An older boy attempted to molest my son (I think he was around 6 and the boy might have been 10 or so) in a play area. It was really busy. He was able to stop the boy and came out and told me. I panicked. I started to pack up...I had seen the parents of the kid and judged a book by its cover.
But my son was having none of it. He figured out who the mother of the boy was and went right up and told her, all on his own, what happened. I was so scared she was going to flip out. She handled it very well and let him know how brave he was to tell, how sorry she was. She explained this boy was having problems and they are working on it. And she apologized to me and they left.
I was so proud of him. But he did completely ignore me when I told him not to, that we were going. I didn't mind...I bought him an ice cream.
Your son was very brave & mature for his age to tell you AND the other kid's parent what happened right away.
Someone molested me when I was around that age but I didn't have the courage to tell my parents until years later.
Your son was very brave & mature for his age to tell you AND the other kid's parent what happened right away.
Someone molested me when I was around that age but I didn't have the courage to tell my parents until years later.
I was abused off and on for most of my childhood but lived with the primary abuser and knew I couldn't tell. I feel like I worked hard to fortify them so that if something happened they could say. But where I went in to flight mode, he went in to rock star kid mode.
I really respect the mother for how well she handled things. I think she was a foster mom in retrospect. But after she left I thought I wanted to be able to parent like that. Even when I saw her talking to her son, she was being compassionate but firm. I think I have learned a lot from that interaction.
My story is actually where I was going to do the wrong thing but my kid chose to do the right thing.
An older boy attempted to molest my son (I think he was around 6 and the boy might have been 10 or so) in a play area. It was really busy. He was able to stop the boy and came out and told me. I panicked. I started to pack up...I had seen the parents of the kid and judged a book by its cover.
But my son was having none of it. He figured out who the mother of the boy was and went right up and told her, all on his own, what happened. I was so scared she was going to flip out. She handled it very well and let him know how brave he was to tell, how sorry she was. She explained this boy was having problems and they are working on it. And she apologized to me and they left.
I was so proud of him. But he did completely ignore me when I told him not to, that we were going. I didn't mind...I bought him an ice cream.
I can't rep you--apparently did so recently. Good for you for raising a child that could do this and sorry about your abusive past.
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