cym - I think we all have those days! This isn't exactly the same but my now DS10 when he was 4 told me about a substitute preschool teacher being mad at him for turning in a paper later than the other kids and that she crumpled it up and threw it away. He came home crying about it so I called the school and told them what he said happened and that I was very upset about it. Well after I got off the phone he told me what a cute paper it was with birds, etc. and I look in his folder and guess what - there it was!!!! I felt sooooooo embarrassed and then right after that the sub teacher called me all upset and in a tizzy because she didn't throw the paper away. Anyway, it all wound up ok with apologies on every side but to this day I still feel kind of stupid about that. But it was a valuable lesson for me- I try to find out what really happened now before I react.
I think we have all been through those types of embarrassing times because we want to do what is right for our kids and like you said, we just react without really thinking it through. I'm sure it will all be ok though! :-)
