From our friends in England where the collective upper lip is not quite as stiff as it once was, comes tale of a preschooler who was barred from wearing a certain pair of cute pants because of the cartoon monsters on them.
Apparently another child had found them too scary.
Scarier than a school banning cartoon pants? Here’s the story — and the pants.
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And some people wonder why England no longer has an empire.
Let’s see. We have two families placing children in daycare. The daycare wants to keep both of them (and their money) at the school.
Who’s more likely to leave:
A family that gets told not to wear a specific pair of pants to school, or
A family who has a kid getting nightmares, no matter how stupid the source of those nightmares?
Yes, “get over it” is the best option, but very small children do not do so just because they’re told to do so.
Are they sure it the pajamas giving the kid nightmares? There are lots of reasons for bad dreams. Maybe take the kid to a doctor who could help.
Do they come in adult sizes?
Not much of a story though is it? Person possibly using a pseudonym complains on internet forum about minor – but admittedly vexing – issue; and, er, that’s it. No nursery is named so no-one can verify the story or ask for a response, we don’t know who the person is; and no-one has, or is able to, back the story up or refute it.
“mumsnet”, “the daily mail”. Most likely a load of rubbish.
Totally correct, people who are saying “there’s no story here.” Is it even true? She doesn’t even name the school so no one can call and ask.
Whether the story is true or not is of less interest to them than the aspect that this could very well happen. In years past such a piece would belong in The Onion, but, as they say, “truth is stranger than fiction.”
Makes me want to buy them a bunch of Zombie Chia Pets I saw at the store last week, just so they have something else they can freak out about.
You know what’s REALLY scary on kids this age?
Poopy pants.
We lived in England for 3 years and were told that we could no longer walk our dog to school because one of the children there had an “extreme dog phobia” and was terrified to see ours on the way from their car to the classroom. We’re talking OUR DOG WAS OFF CAMPUS and they still said we were not allowed.
We lived in England for 3 years and were told that we could no longer walk our dog to school because one of the children there had an “extreme dog phobia” and was terrified to see ours on the way from their car to the classroom. We’re talking OUR DOG WAS OFF CAMPUS and they still said we were not allowed.
Politically incorrect speech by toddlers is the next candidate for banning.
Where does it say the other kid got nightmares?
How about work through the fear with the scared kid? Let him touch the pants or even hold them (not sure of the logistics of this, but whatever), and let him realize there is nothing to be scared of.
Why is the first reaction to something scary to remove it altogether? (rhetorical question in case that’s not obvious)
As this is a story from England, I’m sure we’re actually talking about monster TROUSERS. In England, “pants” means underwear.