Kimmy Schemy

*Little Ronnie is an energetic boy of 3. To prepare him for the preschool, his mom let him ‘sit-in’ our play school, a program which involves singing, coloring, tracing, pasting, painting and some activities which aim to develop the psychomotor skills.

His mommy actually wanted to enroll him in a ‘higher program’ because according to her, Ronnie already knows all the lessons in the play school like the colors, shapes, numbers and letters of the alphabet. I don’t doubt her, Ronnie really looks smart, still, I recommended an assessment.

By the looks of it, Ronnie seems to be used to being the only child. He wants ALL of the toys around him, he doesn’t want to share, he doesn’t want to play with the other kids, either. He doesn’t want to listen to the teacher. He just wants to knock things out of the way and enjoys the sound of toys crashing down the floor.

About 15 minutes before the end of the session, he spotted Annie, a little girl, smaller than he is, playing a plastic toy pot. He smirked, went to Annie and snatched the toy away from the little girl. As expected, the girl cried. Ronnie’s mommy, getting frustrated with his son’s behavior comforted Annie and asked her son to give the toy back to the girl adding that she would buy him a dozen of it later. Ronnie screamed ‘NO!!’ and punched his mother hard in the face.

The scene got very uncomfortable, with Ronnie still screaming, and his mommy red in the face, with embarrassment and pain (I supposed). I no longer remember what happened after that, but I never see Ronnie or his mother again.

*not real name

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