I am finding this job very difficult at times now that my older daughter has started school. I can't book time off to go into her classroom to observe, join a fun activity or help out, I have her in the B&A program because it is just too difficult to do the pick up and drop off with all the kids and I felt trapped at home just now when I got a call from the school about an issue. The mother bear in me wants to run over to the school and find out more about what's going on but I can't. When I worked out of the home I definitely had more flexibility to take a day off, leave early one day or go in later. I feel so trapped some times.

The issue at school
I got a call from the school to say that my daughter initiated a "choking game" outside at lunch and had herself and 3 friends pin down some boy and choke him. My daughter is 4, I find the whole thing unlikely. Believe me, I don't have rose coloured glasses on about my kid and she is definitely a leader (can be bossy) but she doesn't even know what choking is and definitely wouldn't have called it a choking game. They of course wouldn't tell me the names of the other kids so I am left wondering what's going on. I will talk to my daughter tonight and find out what happened then call the principal in the morning...so stressful.