PreK bully.. What would u do??

[Anonymous]

He probably actually likes her. Sorry your DD is not as tough as mine - she totally blew a boy like this away by her blow off of him. But if you really think your DD can't handle this by some bad looks and unkind remarks, and principal is not responding, elevate to the supervisory level. They will investigate, etc., and likely the bad behavior will stop.

[Anonymous]

In my opinion, "he probably just likes her" and "if your child were a stronger person, she could put a stop to this" are not helpful ways to think about the issue of bullying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What to do when the principle is not responding to bullying?

Even after written letter...?

Its just the "principle" of the thing.

You are a jerk. We get what you're saying -- but you are a total know-it-all jerk. And, no, OP, this post is not directed to you. It's directed to the person who posted this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, if this is MoCo, your child must be in either an autism or a HeadStart classroom since there are no other public preK programs. Either way, I'm pretty surprised you can't get a response from the principal. All MCPS schools give the emails for principals and other staffers on the website - send an email to the teacher and principal and I'll bet you get a response pretty quickly.

Uh, no. There is the PEP program which includes typically functioning kids, kids with disabilities (not just "autism" but kids with speech, motor and all kinds of impairments).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He probably actually likes her. Sorry your DD is not as tough as mine - she totally blew a boy like this away by her blow off of him. But if you really think your DD can't handle this by some bad looks and unkind remarks, and principal is not responding, elevate to the supervisory level. They will investigate, etc., and likely the bad behavior will stop.

Is this a joke?

The boy's actions are unwelcome for DD. Who cares if he "likes" her. She wants it to stop.

OP, could you tell your daughter that it is okay to express anger at the boy. Help her with her tone of voice and face expression until she can sound and look more assertive. Tell her that when the boy is bothering her, she should use her loud voice and say, "Stop bothering me!" and call the boy out by his name.

More teachers will notice if she calls the boy by name and says Stop Bothering Me, Stop Calling Me Bad Names, etc.

This approach worked for my 3-year-old who had trouble with another kid's unwanted attention.