A mum has got angry at her son's school after a disruptive kid who has previously punched her son has been sat next to him again. The mum took to the 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' forum on Mumsnet to explain that her son is a good kid who had been sat next to a friend of his at the start of this year until the disruptive child was moved next to him.
In the post, the mum who remained anonymous explained: "Last year my son sat next to a very disruptive boy who would thump him all day long, thump him to demand to see answers, just generally distract him by tapping him and kicking his chair and also coughing and blowing in his face and pulling his hair."
During the last school year, the mum asked her son's school to move him as he was starting to hate school due to being sat next to the disruptive kid.
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She said: "This was only after nothing else worked. The school said no. Eventually they moved my son and his mood improved."
However, not much has changed as he has now been sat next to the disruptive child once again and the problems have re-emerged.
She explained: "This year, year six, my son was happy to be sitting with his friend. But after a week, the disruptive boy was moved next to my son because he was misbehaving and they think my shy, well behaved son is a good influence.
"Maybe he is but my son is now getting thumped, harassed, tapped, kicked and blown at again."
According to the post, the teachers have said that they haven't seen any evidence of the disruptive child's behaviour towards the woman's son. But the mum feels this is just because the boy waits until he can get away with it.
The mum asked the forum: "Am I being unreasonable to ask for my son to move? I know they need resilience but not against this.
"It’s unfair he had to sit next to disruptive kids who cause him harm and anxiety instead of his friend because he’s a good child."
One commenter agreed the son should not have to deal with this behaviour and said: "You can't insist your child sits with their friend but you can insist they aren't burdened as the sole seatmate of a difficult child all year."
"No I wouldn’t tolerate that and would be demanding my child was moved and the other child better supported," another person wrote.
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