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My mom is a second grade teacher and this week she got a new student in class. She's nice but her mother has proved to be a bit of a... character.
They recently met at a parent/teacher conference and my mom, totally offhand, mentions that one time the new kid disobeyed her (instead of participating in storytime, she wanted to [cringe] draw a picture for her mom [/cringe]).
My mom gets a *novel-length letter* that next Monday and, at the very bottom, it reads:
"P.S.: This is what Dr. Ross Green calls a 'Basket B' situation."
Well, having not watched Oprah in a while, my mom has no clue of what that means. Turns out that, when your kid disobeys you and it's a *definate* off-limits thing (such as playing with matches, riding their scooter on the roof, posting in this message board), that situation goes into Basket A. But when it isn't a definate off-limits thing, it goes into Basket B. I certainly hope you're all able to follow this.
Any thoughts?
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