Not yet. Weāll leave him start when heās 5 & a couple of months rather than this September. Process here is only apply the Nov-Dec in the year before they start. Slight preference for new Educate Together in Killester maybe.
You may forget about the GAA so.
With Wexford and Monaghan bloodlines, id have thought that was a given
You gimp.
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People saying motherās Day/fatherās Day only causes them hurt as theyāve lost their parent and therefore want it all cancelled for everyone.
My 9yr old daughter hasnāt been herself for the last number of weeks and we got to the crux of it this evening. She is being bullied & alienated in school because she has absolutely no exposure to social media, specifically tiktok. She is the only one in her class who doesnāt have access to either Snapchat, tiktok, Instagram etc and doesnāt have a notion when her friends are talking about these platforms in the schoolyard, to such an extent that she is now being excluded from her friends. We purposely havenāt given her a tablet or any media device as yet and instead spend a lot of time encouraging her with other stuff, she loves football, athletics, stage school etc. She had a great group of friends but has recently drifted away from them because they are all on social media, they practice the tiktok dances at break time and my young one goes off by herself. They tease her because of it and laugh at her because she doesnāt understand what they are talking about. She spent an hour this evening in tears telling us about it. She is our eldest and itās our first experience with this part of growing up, Iām really reluctant to go down the road of social media with her but I donāt know what else to do, is tiktok actually that bad, if all her friends are on it am I just worrying over nothing? Iām not sure what to do.
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Christ Iām glad Iām well out of that yeāll figure it out somehow. I have no insight in terms of what else to say. At least she opened up and told ye what was bothering her, thatās something at least.
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Girls can be little bitches to eaxh other, they are all friends and then at a certain age they become cliquey and want to be cool.
We had it ourselves a bit too, its very hard.
I dont think tiktok would be that bad as they wouldnt be uploading stuff but im not an expert. Are any of the people on tik tok the kids are into on youtube?
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Little girls can be absolute wagons. Sorry to hear that it is my worst nightmare. I also have a daughter just turning 9 and I would have thought you were dead right with no social media. Our lady would look at her mothers Instagram for 5 mins here and there and occasionally look at tik tok for a few mins but itās never a big deal and no sense it is ever coming from pressure in school, Iād be inclined to think ye are far more in the right here than the other parents. Doesnāt sort your immediate problem to be fair.
From my little experience of tik tok anything could pop upā¦ But maybe you just need to give her 30 mins supervised access a few times a week instead of TV time as a compromise?
Best of luck
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Get on to teacher straight away. They will have strategies for dealing with this.
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It just takes a few parents being lazy to ruin a positive step that youāve taken. No need for a child to be on social media, much less have a phone, before secondary school.
As shes being alienated can you let her on qith severe restrictions?
We moved from Stillorgan to Letterkenny Christmas '14 and the then 11yo went from being one of two kids in his class with no phone to being the only one in his new class with one when Mrs Croppy gave him her old one.
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Our 4 yr old has no access to social media and thatās the way itās staying. She can work the tv like a pro though in fairness.
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Sounds like youāre doing a great job*- a kid that is into sports etc and doesnāt bother with nonsense like social media. Stick to your principles and donāt change them for a crowd of silly wee brats.
(*apart from being played like a fiddle by your daughter in her quest for an ipad)
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We had a bit of this last year too but my girl was 11 at the time. I would be very surprised if 9 year olds have access to snapchat/instagram. Tiktok is harmless enough and those dances can be good fun.
As someone else has said the best course of action is to tell the teacher ASAP if he/she is any good it should all be sorted fairly soon.
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I would imagine not being on social media nowadays is the equivalent of not having a telly in my day. Parents in my day didnāt have tellies for the best of reasons but it meant kids were excluded when the talk of the yard was the latest on Tolka Row and the bishop and the nightie. You have to go with the flow sometimes, even if itās against your better instincts.
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I find myself nodding in agreement with that.
Thatās tough. I think youāre doing the right thing keeping her away from social media but Iām surprised that so many 9 year olds have access to it.
My nephew, 11 , gets 30 minutes access to āhisā phone ā¦ And a bit more on weekends, but his parents check everything heās been on and have parental settings on. Iām sure most of us have notions of no phone till they are 15/16 but thereās a lot of shit parents ruin it for everyone else.
Good luck with whatever you do.
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Im reminded of a conversation with my old fella in a pub over in Boston. He said āno woman will ever be good enough for a motherās sonā. āWhyā I asked. āBecause a mother knows all women are cuntsā.
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Classic!!!