What do you think of this

[aussienic]

Ds3 started prep this year. He absolutely loves it which is fantastic.. My problem is this

the other day DH dropped him off and as usual we sit and do puzzles ect till the bell.. Another little boy came up and said Hello Jacob. Jacob ignored him completely. he went away after saying hello again and being ignored. Dh told him that was rude so he turned to his dad and said.. His name is int he red dot (they have traffic lights~ green is good, yellow is first warning, red is time out) I don't talk to children who have their name in the red dot..

I thought fair enough but we did talk to him and say while he might have been naughty it wasn't polite to ignore him like that

Today I was sitting doing some puzzles and a boy came up and said Hello to Jacob. Jacob ignored him and I said excuse me Jacob someone is saying hello to you. He gave a quick hi and went back to what we were doing. I asked him why he wouldn't say hello and his response was... He is a naughty boy and I don't talk to naughty kids

I spoke with his teacher to see if we should encourage or discourage this She said it is actually a good trait to have as when he gets to teenage years hopefully it will continue and he won't talk to "naughty kids"

but in prep they encourage everyone to be friends and talk to each other and she said what is naughty in prep to teenagers is a huge difference.. She did say they would all have a talk as to how we should be nice and polite ect ect..

Are anyone elses preppies like this? Or even your older children?

Jacob is no angel at home either but at school he is perfect (typical)

[Phteven]

Yep.
Y stopped hanging out with his friend Ryan because he called Elliot Smelliot (even though Y doesn't like Elliot because he's the naughtiest kid in the class lol). Then he stopped talking to a couple of other boys because they were naughty. It doesn't really bother me much. I figure it's up to him to choose his own friends and if he only wants to hang out with good kids that's ok by me.

[Pandora]

I tell DS that while he doesn't have to be friends with everyone he should be polite to everyone wrt hello/goodbye/please/thank you etc.
He doesn't always get it though.

Our school has traffic lights too.

[aussienic]

I tell DS that while he doesn't have to be friends with everyone he should be polite to everyone wrt hello/goodbye/please/thank you etc.
He doesn't always get it though.

Our school has traffic lights too.

That is what I said to Jacob. Still be polite but he doesn't have to play with everyone if he doesn't want to

[Pretty Butterfly]

Za is in preschool, and doesnt play with the "naughty" kids either!!

He tells me that he laughs at them because they are funny, but wont play with them if they are naughty.

This includes his own cousin, my neice!!! But hey, she IS naughty!!!

They have sticker charts, and he'll happily tell me who does/doesn't have stickers on the wall, and he can name the naughty kids, but forgets most of his friends names...

He also knows to be polite and not be rude, but I think he does ignore them.

[~Jayne~]

I had a very similar situation. Jess was friendly with a girl named Mayah from daycare & they just happened to be in the same Kindy class. After the first week it became apparent that Mayah was one of the naughty kids & always had her picture on the 'red face' (exactly like your red dot thingo) & that's where the friendship ended. I was a bit sad to begin with, but I knew the teacher a bit on the side & she said she would discourage Jess pursuing that friendship as this kid was REALLY naughty.

I think in the whole scheme of things, it's probably a good trait to have, as it shows the kids are capable of making an informed decision of their choice of friends.

In Jessica's case, I think she was just too scared to be on the red face. bahahah

[aussienic]

Jacob doesn't laugh at them at all.. he just looks on disapprovingly which is funny cus you should see him at home.. I just told him this afternoon we are making a traffic light for the fridge cus it clearly works at school..

I usually hate to mix school and home discipline but hey its a great idea so it might work at home for both Jacob and our darling little terror olivia..