AITA for telling my boss that if she wants this little girl to be suspended, she can tell the parents herself
The narrator is the lead teacher in a room for two-year-olds at a daycare facility. A child in the class, Sophie, has recently started biting other children.
The narrator notes that Sophie is usually sweet and intelligent but is experiencing a severe sp*ech delay.
The narrator strongly suspects the biting behavior is linked to a recent event: Sophie's mother was hospitalized by ambulance the previous weekend, and Sophie has not seen her since because of hospital visitation rules.
Despite the standard policy of suspension after the second biting incident, the narrator has not suspended Sophie due to these difficult circumstances, leading to conflict with the daycare boss.
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The narrator is facing professional pressure from their boss and complaints from a parent because they chose to deviate from the es**blished disciplinary policy to show compassion for a child undergoing significant family stress.
The central conflict is between adhering strictly to daycare rules and exercising professional discretion based on empathy for a child's emotional crisis.
Is the teacher wrong for prioritizing the emotional well-being of a child experiencing a family crisis over immediately enforcing the daycare's two-strike suspension policy, especially when the boss demands enforcement?
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