Nerd Day Update

I don't know how many of you read my Nerd Day post and are now wondering how it all turned out. But I thought I would share how everything went down.

That night while I was putting Drew to bed, we had this conversation:

Drew: A lot of kids were wearing glasses today. A. Lot.

Me: Hm. Why do you think that is?

Drew: Well, they probably saw me and thought, 'Wow, he's pretty cool and he wears glasses all the time. I want to be like him and wear pretend glasses!'

Me: Oh, Drew. I love you!

Clearly I am lucky that the nerd thing went over the heads of my kids. They never really understood it, so it was hard for them to become offended. However, I am sure there are families with older children where this wasn't the case. I hope that the situation was handled in those homes in an uplifting way. Drew is usually very sensitive about fitting in. He wants to blend in with his peer group as much as possible. So it turns out everyone wearing glasses like him was a moment of feeling accepted instead of being left out. For that I am very grateful.

I did not receive an email back from Mr. Principal Man. He said he didn't receive one. I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt that he is telling the truth. However, he and I have exchanged emails before so it seems odd that this one would have gone missing.

Mr. Principal Man and I did chat while I was at the school the next day. He said that the PTO plans the days for Red Ribbon Week and that it was an oversight on his part. He said it didn't occur to him until Monday morning that this could be a negative thing for a school so concerned with anti-bullying. He assured me that it would not happen again and encouraged me to join this particular committee on PTO next year.

My bullying post was my most read post in my blog's history. Thank you for reading! My hope is that my post served as a reminder that kindness and respect do not need to be compromised in the name of fun.