Teachers-gotta love them

When I received "the phone call" two years ago from Connor's teacher, I was embarrassed and felt the need to explain my parenting techniques. Two years later, today, I received "the call" from Jaxson's teacher and realized my parenting confidence has increased so much. I am no longer that mother that feels like I am doing a horrible job because the teacher is making me feel guilty for allowing my child to be independent and make a decision to wear a short sleeve shirt to school in winter (oh, yes, I did just that today and two years ago) I felt so good today stopping the teacher, mid- scolding to tell her that while I tried to explain and teach my child that a short sleeve shirt would not be the best shirt for today, I believe that sometimes children have to learn from experience. I pick and choose my battles and maybe I am a terrible mother but if my three year old wants to wear his favorite short sleeve Super Mario shirt in the middle of January, well, he will freeze. And tomorrow when he picks his short sleeve Star Wars shirt I will remind him that he was cold and try to persuade him to pick another shirt. The child has a coat on for dang sake. It's not like I am sending him out without a coat on and a short sleeve shirt. I also have confidence, that just like Connor discovered two years ago, short sleeve shirts are for the summer time. My heck though, these teacher act like I am sending my child to school with shorts, sandals, and a tank top on!!!