June 16, 2004 - Wednesday
There is a boy at Harry's school, Jonathan, that has effectively taken the place of "Noah" from his old school preschool. Jonathan is the boy, I'm told by teachers (mentioned that Harry had mentioned him by name and asked whether there were any personality issues I ought to be aware of), most likely to need to have his behavior refocused. Indeed, when I ask Harry why he doesn't like Jonathan he answers that it is because Jonathan "gets think times."

Of course, today Harry was playing with Jonathan when I got there and I don't really think it's all that rare. I've now seen that Jonathan can have his moments, but he and Harry are pretty much the same age and do play together. So, the question is why Harry continually says he doesn't like the school because Jonathan is there. My sense is that there are two likely possibilities. First, Harry is a very sensitive boy who gets uncomfortable when he sees some other child misbehaving and/or being punished for it. Second, he just would rather stay home than go to school (nothing abnormal there) and is just using this as the best excuse he can come up with. My guess is that it's a little of both.


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