True Character

I just got a phone call that made my day month year!

A mom I know from school called to "tell me about an incident involving my son". Not the words you often want to hear! But this was a good thing.

About a week ago, FE and his class were at PE. The class was talking and had been asked to be quiet, but wasn't complying as quickly as they could have. FE and a friend, C, were talking to another boy, N. Coach did not hear FE or C, only N(who was actually responding to the boys in an effort to get them to stop talking), and N got a week's worth of detentions. The class certainly quited down at that point, and then was on to another special. N was very upset and crying about the fact that he had detention for a week. FE and C took it upon themselves to go back to the PE coach and tell him they truth, that they had been the ones talking, and N shouldn't be in trouble. Coach took back N's detention and didn't give the other boys one either.
This mom was so impressed with FE and C for standing up and telling the truth about the talking. And so am I. It's one of the things you always want your kids to do, to be honest in that manner. And the fact that FE had the character to do that means we are doing something right I think!