I’m hurt. That’s how I’d put it, hurt.

[Anonymous]

Try talking calmly to her and stop saying kiddo. Ugh!

[Anonymous]

Why are so many people hating on the word kiddo? I think it’s cute!

[Anonymous]

It could be true. Or it could be the teacher bullying your kid (or you). Private therapy for you kid to find out what is going on, and whether she truly has these opinions of others. Possibly follow on with a social skills group. I would not punish a kid over one-time opinion of a single teacher.

[Anonymous]

Your thread title is dramatic and immature. That’s how I’d put it, dramatic and immature.

[Anonymous]

I sounds like you are a bit of a selfish and punitive parent and your daughter has learned that from you. Take her to food kitchens. Volunteer at hospitals. Do something, anything, to teach your daughter empathy cause it seems neither of you have it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are so many people hating on the word kiddo? I think it’s cute!

Well, just know that when you say it, people think you are not very smart. There is nothing cute about it. But there is also nothing cute about the daughter’s behavior. Nor the mother’s reaction, and I’m in no way into “gentle” parenting. But learning that your kid is being mean means you need to teach them to be nice, not give them more examples of how to hurt people. Punitive discipline has its place. But this is an emergency that requires a different tactic entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Minutor her tv/app use. She's learning catty behavior from somewhere. If she's on an iPad, get rid of it.

That’s not true. This has been happening way before iPads and everything else.

I knew the bullies well because they were by daughters friends. She went to a new school in 3rd grade and two girls claimed her. I found out soon enough that they made fun of others girls clothes, hair, everything. They were just plain mean. One of them had a mother just as mean.

In 3rd, 4th and 5th grades the teachers told me that she should find new friends. She was nothing like them but might get lumped in with them.

These girls intimidated the other girls easily. One of them was homely and had mall clothes. The other had an overbearing mother who had her in matching clothes with long thick hair perfectly styled.

Don’t try to blame social media or anyone but the mean child and the parents

It's just life. I'm sure those girls turned out okay, or maybe not -- maybe they're mean moms now, too. But there is nowhere on this planet that is free of mean people. It's just life.

Some people are naturally meaner than others. Who cares if the bullies turned out ok, think about their victims. You hear adults talk about being bullied as a child all the time. They don’t forget. There are studies done that show there are long term effects on people who were bullied as children including anxiety, depression, low self esteem.

If the teacher tells someone their child is bullying other children it needs to be taken seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are so many people hating on the word kiddo? I think it’s cute!

Well, just know that when you say it, people think you are not very smart. There is nothing cute about it. But there is also nothing cute about the daughter’s behavior. Nor the mother’s reaction, and I’m in no way into “gentle” parenting. But learning that your kid is being mean means you need to teach them to be nice, not give them more examples of how to hurt people. Punitive discipline has its place. But this is an emergency that requires a different tactic entirely.

It’s a slang word. It means nothing more than that. Certainly not an indicator of intelligence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are so many people hating on the word kiddo? I think it’s cute!

Well, just know that when you say it, people think you are not very smart. There is nothing cute about it. But there is also nothing cute about the daughter’s behavior. Nor the mother’s reaction, and I’m in no way into “gentle” parenting. But learning that your kid is being mean means you need to teach them to be nice, not give them more examples of how to hurt people. Punitive discipline has its place. But this is an emergency that requires a different tactic entirely.

It’s a slang word. It means nothing more than that. Certainly not an indicator of intelligence.

True. It’s a grating word though.