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01/19/2004 Archived Entry: "embarassed"

Yesterday we all went for a little walk just for the heck of it. Tabitha was running, as is pretty typical, and suddenly sprawled across the sidewalk. Unfortunately she scraped her forehead and it's a large, red, area. Since the child does not have bangs, it's an obvious injury. Now she is refusing to go outside the house without wearing a hat. She keeps telling me she's too embarassed for anyone to see her. Now, I do blame myself in this, because I always make sure she looks presentable before we go anywhere. I'm not one of those moms who lets their kid wear whatever they want. Tabitha can pick out her clothes, but they have to match. And if her hair gets untidy, I always fix it. But I didn't mean for the idea of looking nice make her embarassed because of a scrape. So, I'm trying to reassure her that there's no reason to be embarassed, but at the same time letting her know that I respect her feelings. The problem we're running into is our Wednesday class. She can wear a hat without a problem, but all hats have to be removed during the Pledge of Allegience. She absolutely does not want to take off her hat so I offered her the alternative of staying outside during the flag salute. This suggestion, however, starts a whole 'nother problem because she's afraid her friends will miss her if she stays outside @@. I've also told her we can just skip class if she'd like but she really didn't think that was a good idea. Good thing class pics were last week.