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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the poster who said she is 6 and to tread lightly and assume she is learning. 6 year olds can do really dumb things and not always intend to be mean, they need help to learn.[b] Also remember that 6 year olds aren't always the best reporters so keep in mind that you don't know what may have happened before and after on your daughters end. I'm not saying give a pass to the mean behavior, it sounds like your daughter was upset. But remember that sometimes these situations can be more complex and it is really easy to assume our kid would never be a part of it. [/b]

We have a neighbor two doors down and have had to navigate some things like this when the kids weren't getting along that great. But it wasn't just one of the kids, both were kind of engaging from what I saw. I mentioned to the other mom that the kids had been like oil and water lately and we talked about things that might help them. Even though I thought her child was being kind of mean at times, I recognized it was a bigger thing in their relationship and not this kid being a mean kid. I talked to my own child about some strategies and both parents worked to give them a little space from each other in terms of hanging after school and stuff. Things got way better again after that.

I would give your daughter some tools to respond. And ask her how she wants to handle it. And if I could, I would bring it up to my friend in a way of like hey the girls seem to be getting into it recently, DC was crying the other day because maybe they were fighting and your DC may have said x. Have you heard anything?

Don't make it about just your daughter did x wrong or is a mean girl. That obviously will not go over well. Let's be real, no 1st grader is a mean girl so just stop there. They are little girls, who can be mean, because they hear big kids or whoever being mean and they are trying to figure it all out. [/quote]

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