Sports Mom Update

Here is what I can see has been the solution to this silliness. Remember, I have been warned that if other kids in my son's class complain that my son is too rough, it is an "or else" situation. He could be expelled. Also remember he is not a bully. Honestly, he roughs houses around too hard.

After the terse exchange I had last Friday with another mom, I complained. See my post called "Another Reason Why I am Homeschooling Next Year" from a few days ago. Silly little detail that seems to be important now that I left out. The principal said on Friday, during my rant, "Well the balls we provide in the gym are typically soft and really wouldn't hurt anyone." Honest to God, folks that is so not the point! I pointed out that Sports Mom and her kid bring their own footballs, and in this incident, JM got clobbered with one of their hard footballs.

Here is what happened this morning, I walked through the door of the gym right as Sports Mom was pushing the doors out to exit the gym. Dirty look from her to me, and she almost knocked BH over as she rushed by me. Hmmmm...something is up.

So, kids are playing with balls in the gym. All is well. I notice that Sports Mom and her kid didn't bring their football today, and honestly, didn't think anything of it. But then, principal comes in with a little sports bag with about five super squishy footballs I have seen at the dollar tree and announces that if you want to play football, we'll use these from now on. Please return them to her office when gym time is over.

Seriously, this seems to be the answer. Sports Mom and her kid can't bring hard balls and we're using sponge footballs instead. I don't know if I'll find out if her son got the "or else" threat like we did quite explicitly.

Now, remember, if my son rough houses too hard with one of those balls, he could be expelled. (As you read that last sentence and a handful of the next several--use a sarcastic voice in your head a few times, it helps me get the point across.)

Does there seem to be some imbalance here, or am I just that neurotic? Sports Mom giving me dirty looks because she can't bring a football to school with her son?

Honestly, she and I are mad at the same issue from different corners. We're both mad our sons are being made into pansies. Hers just got caught a different way than mine did, and she is blaming me.

There are starving children on this planet right now. Several have died since I have written this absolutely stupid explanation of this stupidity. We are at war, and our young men and women soldiers live in a constant state of danger and fear. Our nation is facing one of the most important elections because of this war. I have a friend who just got his sixth diagnosis of skin cancer.

And here we are solving what I think is a fairly serious problem (threatening our son with expulsion seems serious to me) with sponge footballs. Really? (Sarcasm) Seriously?

Someone post a comment and wake me up. Enlighten me. I feel like I am in a bad dream with this whole thing.