My six year old grandson has been called “Monster” since he was old enough to walk. So it was no surprise when shortly afer he entered kindergarten my daughter received a call from the school to talk about Hayden and his behavior.

My daughter was quite calm and undisturbed when she called the principal to talk about Hayden. A few minutes into the conversation my daughter thought there was a problem. When the principal stopped in her explanation my daughter asked, “what is this boy’s name?” This caught the principal by surprise who responded, “Hayden”. So my daughter asked, “Hayden who?”

After a pause the principal hesitantly said, “isn’t this Mrs. Smith, the mother of Hayden Smith?’ My daughter laughed out loud, “no this is Mrs. Serrano, mother of Hayden Serrano.”

Up until that moment none of knew that there were two boys named Hayden in the same kindergarten class.

For the next few minutes the principal tripped over herself apologizing to my daughter for the mistake. I thought my daughter handled it quite well when she let the principal off the hook telling her that she knew her boy wasn’t perfect and she hoped the principal would be as kind when she is actually calling about her Hayden.