I feel so embarrassed for picking up my daughter 10 minutes late at school today. This is my first time. I feel so guilty. Does it happen to you? Do I need to write an excuse letter for her teacher? Thanks.
We all make mistakes. It's when those mistakes become habits that something has to be changed.
Forgive yourself and try not to do it again.
Life is to short to beat yourself up over literally nothing.
By the way, welcome to the forum, where debating and solving issues and offering words of support is our daily special. There's a lot of nonsensical banter and some provoking as well but if you don't get it, just ignore it. That's what I do.
Like others have said, its a mistake, and a very small one at that. People are 10 mins late all the time, and often for reasons they cannot control. Try not to do it again, perhaps have a contact number for the school in your phone, so that you may call the school if you are ever again behind.
I've been a few minutes late from Hort a few times, normally the bus is stuck in a jam. I call as soon as I know I'll be late and get glowered at, I apologise profusely and explain about the bus again.
Actually, when I'm dead on time I get glowered too.
I'm more worried about if my child gets upset than the careers to be honest.
I am shocked and horrified at this tale of child neglect. Ten minutes is six hundred seconds of pure cruelty! And then the humiliation of being picked up by your parents friend. Like parents ever have cool friends?!?!
It happens. I have been late once or twice picking my kid up from (local) kindergarten - as have most of the other parents. The teacher may or may not be a little grumpy about it but will likely forget about it with a simple apology. Your kid, on the other hand, may hold it against you forever (I know mine has). Now, if you were to make a habit of it that is a completely different matter and the teacher(s) would rake you over the coals.
Despite the Gemeinde's best intentions many kids are not within reasonable or safe walking distances/conditions to go it alone or even with friends. Practically our whole kindergarten, including the swiss kids are chaperoned by an adult.
When our youngsters were very young, the route included 'twice over a main road on a more-dangerous-than-without one' pedestrian crossing. The Mums from 'our' part of the village took turns in taking a bunch of about six children to the kindergarten and then collecting them at the appropriate time. Mostly it worked well.
Is there no other Mum whom you could contact to take your child with hers if you are running very late?
You should have got the phone number of the Kindergarten/School your child goes to, when she started there...save it into your Cell Phone and if you are delayed again ( these things happen to all of us) give them a quick call or text, to tell them you'll be late...
I always made sure that i had the cell phone number of the relevant teachers of my girls to be able to text them in such cases or also when a kid was ill and couldn't go to school.
Another solution would be to set up a '' Pedi-Bus'' with other mums, where you'll take it in turns to accompany the kids to and fro school according to a rota.
LOL...sounds like you might have a child at the same school we did. The Swiss teacher would always grumble about something regarding my child every day at pick-up. I dubbed her Frau Grinch. She was so odious that she went through 3 or 4 English teachers (bi-lingual school) that year. I wasn't ever late though as I lived in fear of what she might do if I had the misfortune to be late and my imaginings kept me on time.
Problem is if the teacher has a bus to catch to go home, or more importantly a young child to pick up themselves- or an important appointment at the doctor's, etc.
I would apologise to the teacher and explain what happened, out of courtesy, and say you hope it did not inconvenience him/her too much. It would become a real problem if it happens on a regular basis though. Can happen to anyone once in a blue moon, of course.
Aren't the teacher have some work to do after class or the leave the school right after the kids are gone? I know in our school, teachers usually have things to do before to go home.
Exactly. If the OP is this neurotic over something so trivial then I hope she doesn't pass it on to the kids, who are always very sensitive to that kind of behaviour in their parents.