Wild Kids

What is it about other children who feel compelled to pick on others? Is it parenting? Is it non-parenting, no discipline at home, reacting to stress from broken families?

Today my mom called me and told me that at daycare right after pre-k, Jackson got hit in the back of the head with a rock. We don't know what size rock it was but the kid who did this is on MY radar! Yesterday, I went to Pre-K to volunteer for morning recess and 3 times, I had to correct this particular rock throwing child about his behavior. 2 times it was for going up the slide the wrong way. Well that's not my rule, that's a school rule and in the Kindergarten and 1st grade yard this child would get 1 warning and then sat on the wall. And on the last offense, this kid decided it was ok to push Jackson down while standing on the bridge of the slide and then proceed to try and kick him in the privates. Yah...NOT COOL WHEN MOMMA BEAR IS AROUND! So of course I said something to him and made him feel bad! He knows I'm watching him. And now today with the rock incident...what a brat! So I told my mom to go to the office and get Jackson an ice pack for the bump on his head so they would know that there's problems with the kids in daycare and someone is not playing safely.

Grrr, this makes me so mad when my kids get hurt by others who should know better. But of course my mom said that when you look at this kid and look at his eyes there's something that doesn't seem right with him. Hmmmm, wonder if he's an angry child and there's problems at home. Even so, there is NO EXCUSE for hurting someone else by throwing rocks!!!