Find the mistake in the photo 🤔
Hello to all the mommies of @motherhood, today I want to share a very strange experience for me, this cover photo was sent to me by the teacher of my 4-year-old daughter Miranda in which she he sees sweeping the common area of ​​his school's preschool with a broom. She is with two of her friends and the one holding the dustpan is asking her to please stop, because if she continues sweeping they are going to punish her. Penalty for sweeping?
The teacher asks Miranda to stop doing that because the cleaning lady will do it, to which Miranda replies "I dirty it with my shoes teacher, I have to sweep it". And his teacher waits patiently for him to finish from the door of his classroom and takes this photo to tell me what happened. It seems like a good thing to me, you are telling me that my daughter assumed that she dirty something and that she should clean it up, do you see it differently? The teacher asked me for permission to send it to the WhatsApp group of all the representatives and comment on this and other things about the children during the week, but my surprise was that many mommies wrote terrible things to the teacher and me for "PUTTING A GIRL TO SWEEP 4 YEARS".
They accused the teacher of forcing the children to sweep because they pay a private school to have staff to do those things. Complete stupidity. I did not imagine that a photo like this could unleash such terrible comments from other moms and that they would even try to insinuate that I force my daughters to do housework. I hadn't felt so powerless in a long time, I hadn't felt so angry at something other people say, but the truth was that it affected me a lot. The teacher gave her point of view and I gave mine, a meeting with the preschool coordination was necessary to clarify the situation with some restless representatives. The situation? What situation? A girl with a broom sweeping up what she messed up? Part of my response was to show this photo and others where Miranda is seen sweeping the front of our house, watering the mulch, carrying bags from the market, tidying up her shoes and her bed, even one where she is with a wet cloth removing a stain to the car.
So I am a lousy mother, the worst, because I teach my daughters to do things by themselves, why should they tidy up their toys, their bed, why if they throw something they should pick it up, if they dirty something they must clean it, that order and cleanliness in the house is not only mom's task and many other lessons for her life. Not for my benefit, it is for their growth and development. I don't think it's wrong that my daughters feel interested in helping me with things around the house, I don't think it's wrong that my daughters voluntarily pick up the trash from the floor, that they correct other children when they say bad words, that they ask their their classmates "don't break it, don't throw it away, don't throw it away", and it has nothing to do with the fact that they are girls because if they were boys it would be exactly the same. I believe that I am not taking away part of his childhood, I believe that these things should be part of the education that begins at home and is reinforced at school, like manners, courtesy rules, among others.
Miranda is a wonderful girl, curious, funny, brave, outgoing, kind, affectionate, with a strong character and very intelligent. I am educating my daughter to be extraordinary not only at school but as a person, and for the first time in a long time I felt judged by other moms from whom I would only have expected their support. My daughter is not a tiktok artist, she doesn't dance or sing trendy songs, but when talking to them in that meeting it seems to me that they are paying too much attention to social networks and seeing a girl sweeping seems wrong to them, while seeing to a girl dancing showing the navel seems correct. Respect, understand, and accept that there are so many types of mommies, that being different does not make us good, bad, or better. I continue to educate my daughters the way my heart dictates, and I hope that they all find support whenever they need it. A hug, we read soon. 💫
VERSIÓN EN ESPAÑOL
Hola a todas las mamis de @motherhood, hoy quiero compartirles una experiencia para mi muy rara, ésta foto de portada me la envió la maestra de mi hija Miranda de 4 años en la que se le ve barriendo con una escoba el área común del preescolar de su colegio. Está con dos de sus amiguitas y la que sostiene la pala para recoger la basura le está pidiendo que por favor pare, que si sigue barriendo la van a castigar. ¿Castigo por barrer?
La maestra le pide a Miranda que deje de hacer eso que la señora de limpieza lo hará, a lo que Miranda responde "yo lo ensucié con mis zapatos maestra, yo tengo que barrerlo". Y su maestra espera paciente a que termine desde la puerta de su salón y le toma esta foto para contarme lo que pasó. A mà me parece algo bueno, me está diciendo que mi hija asumió que ensució algo y que debÃa limpiarlo, tú lo ves diferente? La maestra me pidió permiso para enviarla al grupo de WhatsApp de todos los representantes y comentar ésta y otras cosas de los niños durante la semana pero mi sorpresa fue que muchas mamis escribieron cosas terribles a la maestra y a mi por "PONER A BARRER A UNA NIÑA DE 4 AÑOS".
Acusaron a la maestra de obligar a los niños a barrer porque ellos pagan un colegio privado para que haya personal que haga esas cosas. Una total estupidez. No me imaginaba que una foto como esta podÃa desatar los comentarios tan terribles de otras mamis y que incluso, trataran de insinuar que yo obligo a mis hijas a que hagan las labores del hogar. No me habÃa sentido tan impotente en mucho tiempo, no habÃa sentido tanta rabia por algo que digan otras personas pero la verdad eso me afectó mucho. La maestra dió su punto de vista y yo dà el mÃo, fue necesario una reunión con la coordinación de preescolar para aclarar la situación con algunos representantes inquietos. ¿La situación? ¿Cuál situación? ¿Una niña con una escoba barriendo lo que ensució? Parte de mi respuesta fue mostrar esta foto y otras dónde se ve a Miranda barriendo el frente de nuestra casa, regando las maticas, cargando las bolsas del mercado, ordenando sus zapatos y su cama, incluso una dónde está con un pañito mojado quitándole una mancha al carro.
Entonces soy una pésima madre, la peor, porque yo enseño a mis hijas a hacer cosas por si solas, a qué deben ordenar sus juguetes, su cama, a qué si tiran algo deben recogerlo, si ensucian algo deben limpiarlo, que el orden y la limpieza de la casa no solo es tarea de mamá y otras tantas lecciones para su vida. No para mà beneficio, es para su crecimiento y su desarrollo. Yo no creo que esté mal que mis hijas sientan interés por ayudarme con las cosas de la casa, yo no veo mal que mis hijas de manera voluntaria recojan la basura del piso, que corrijan a otros niños cuando dicen malas palabras, que le pidan a sus compañeros "no lo rompas, no lo tires, no lo botes", y no tiene que ver con que sean niñas porque si fueran varones serÃa exactamente igual. Creo que no le estoy quitando parte de su infancia, creo que éstas cosas deben formar parte de la educación que inicia en casa y se refuerza en la escuela, al igual que los modales, las normas de cortesÃa, entre otros.
Miranda es una niña maravillosa, curiosa, divertida, valiente, extrovertida, amable, cariñosa, de carácter fuerte y muy inteligente. Yo estoy educando a mi hija para que sea extraordinaria no sólo en la escuela sino como persona, y por primera vez en mucho tiempo me sentà juzgada por otras mamis de las que solo hubiese esperado su apoyo. Mi hija no es una artista de tiktok, no baila ni canta canciones de moda, pero al conversar con ellas en esa reunión me parece que le están dando demasiada atención a las redes sociales y ver a una niña barrer les parece mal, mientras que ver a una niña bailar enseñando el ombligo les parece correcto. Respetar, comprender, y aceptar que hay tantos tipos de mamis, que ser diferentes no nos hace buenas, malas o mejores, yo sigo educando a mis hijas de la forma en que dicta mi corazón, y espero que todas encuentren apoyo siempre que lo necesiten. Un abrazo, nos leemos pronto. 💫
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