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[quote=Anonymous]One of my friend’s has an 8 year old daughter who is awful to my son, who is almost 5.  We are in the same friend circle and the only ones with kids, so the two of them, plus the girl’s older brother, are often together.  From the moment my son enters the room, the girl is on him, barking orders at him, making fun of him. The other day, we sat down for dinner and she said loudly “mommy can you sit next to me so I don't have to sit next to baby Larlo?” That was the limit for me and I scolded her sharply in front of everyone and said “That’s not very nice Larla”, at which point my friend also grudgingly chimes in that it was not very nice.  To make matters worse, my child has a not-insignificant special need.  He’s slightly impaired cognitively and processes language very poorly.  We work extremely hard on self advocacy.  He’s able to stick up for himself when someone is aggressive with him or mean- like a peer telling him “I’m not your friend” or something like that.  I want him to learn self advocacy and I try to give him the words like “stop bossing me around”.   But this is new territory for him. I don’t want to sit there and shadow his play, but the alternative is that I let him go and play with the older kids knowing he’s being harangued and ordered around like a peon and being teased.  The worst is that he doesn’t even get sometimes that she’s being awful to him and teasing him! (The older brother is extremely nice btw and often defends my child against his sister). So wwyd! [/quote]

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