At school, many kids might find that they grow closer to another boy or girl and want to spend more time together as a 'couple'. This can be a sweet and innocent relationship between two friends who like to have lunch or play together in the playground. But one mum is fuming with her 10-year-old son's teacher after she told his 'girlfriend' that he could do a lot better than him.
The mum of the 10-year-old knows that the girl is more friendly with the teacher than her son but felt it was inappropriate to disparage her son in front of another student.
Taking to Reddit, the mum, who remained anonymous explained that she wants to talk to her son's head teacher about the situation but is unsure if she would be taking things too far.
In the post, she said: "My 10-year-old son has a girlfriend (using "girlfriend" very loosely because it's really more like his best friend, they talk online and play video games most days, and hangout in a group with friends at school).
"His girlfriend is friendly with their teacher and shared with her that they're a couple now, their teacher responded by saying that she can do a lot better than him."
The annoyed mum went onto explain that her son has a history with the teacher as he is not a bad pupil but he does often like to play the class-clown which does not go down well.
But her son will often claim that it is just the teacher being mean to him and he cannot understand why.
"At this point, my son heard what his teacher said from his girlfriend and he was very upset and embarrassed. He doesn't want us to talk to his teacher because he doesn't 'want a target on his back,' his words," explained the mum.
"I feel like her comment is crazy inappropriate, disparaging my son to another student. I want to go speak with her boss again."
In response, many have supported the mum and said it was inappropriate and unprofessional for the teacher to get involved.
One person wrote: "That was a crazy inappropriate comment. Shouldn't matter if your kid is the worst student in history, she's a teacher and her job is to be professional and set a good example."
While another penned: "Why is a teacher getting involved with children's friendships/relationships like that anyway?"
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