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[quote=Anonymous]One thing that will be helpful to you in your journey as a parent is to separate behaviors from people. In your language with your daughter and her educators, rather than talking about "mean kids," please consider saying "mean behaviors."

I know this sounds nitpicky, but it's important to label behaviors rather than people, because people change a lot! Especially in preschool and in the following years. And chances are that most kids at some point in time will do a "mean behavior" but that doesn't make them "mean kids" or "bad people."

To answer your question, yes, this is very common. But no, you don't just give up and prepare for bad treatment.

Empathize with your daughter while avoiding finger pointing at other kids who are also learning how to be little humans in a busy environment. Ask your daughter what she thinks she should do in certain situations. You can role play her talking to her teacher or responding to name-callers in a strong voice "That's mean. Don't call me that name." Practice that a lot.

Ideally the teacher will appreciate a heads up from you about what your daughter is experiencing. You can ask the teacher, "what do you advise that she should do in these situations?" Some classrooms practice different protocols and have different ways of calling out behaviors. Some teachers want to be told right away about mean behaviors and others want the kids to practice using certain phrases to try to work it out themselves first.

Good luck![/quote]

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