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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would call not to complain but to get more information on how the camp is handling it and if other kids are also having problems with this boy.   I assume he is calling her names or something verbal (not hitting or something physical)?   Maybe a good lesson for her in the long run on dealing with these situations.   [/quote].    How do you deal with nasty, verbally aggressive people with whom you are forced to spend time?[/quote]

I'm the pp with the sensitive son, and the point many have made here is that it isn't clear that op's daughter is being "bullied" per se.  Maybe -- just maybe -- the kids aren't "nasty" and "verbally aggressive," but rather just being kids and teasing each other, and op's daughter is very sensitive to what most kids would laugh off.  She reacts badly, the kids think it's amusing, and the cycle continues.  It's not nice, but it's reality.  Learning to deal with such things is a life skill that needs to be learned.  I agree that op should call the camp and discuss how to the camp can either stop bullying, if that's what's really happening, or help her daughter learn to cope with the fact that not everyone you meet in life is going to be nice to you.   As an adult, there isn't going to be a camp counselor following you around.  I was sensitive as a child, and I now work in an area in which pretty much no one worries about anyone else's feelings. The answer to your question is that it depends.  Some people I ignore completely, some people I "kill with kindness."  "Sticks and stones..."  remember?  [/quote]

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