In the three weeks we've been in school, our sixth grade interdisciplinary team's student concerns conversations with the counselor have been predominantly about boys. That in itself is not unusual: boys often demonstrate frustration, anxiety, or other emotional discomfort more outwardly than girls, and so their troubles are easier to spot.
But these boys? Have been crying in class.
Where in the past we might have seen anger, aggression, and defiance, this year we observe tantrums and tears. But interestingly enough, the parents are a little different too. On the first call home from school, one guy's mom answered, Don't tell me, it's about N's behavior.
And in an email to school, another mom wrote, I want to emphasize that crying and emotional expression is quite normal for him instead of abnormal and worrying to us. He is sensitive and emotes freely.
All righty, then.
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