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[quote=Anonymous]I have a second grade daughter and there's two other second grade girls on our block, all within the close neighboring 4 houses. They all 3 go to the same school and ride the bus together. My daughter and Girl A hit it off right away and I sensed Girl B would feel left out so I was pushing for including her as well when they're out riding bikes or playing in the yards. My daughter would cry and say they don't want to because Girl B is mean. We talked about how maybe she's struggling with something and how second graders are still navigating group dynamics and being a friend etc. Recently, I've been paying more attention and we've had several negative instances with Girl B lately- she carved words on my front porch with a rock, has been ringing my doorbell over and over and laughing when my dog gets anxious over it, and stomped on the zucchini in my garden "to see if it'd explode". When my daughter and Girl A play together- they'll calmly do crafts or play dolls or pretend for hours, but when Girl B is in the mix it's nonstop crying and arguing. It came to a head this morning when the kids were all at the bus stop and Girl A was proudly showing a poster she made for class and Girl B got inches from her face and was screaming over and over WE KNOW! WE KNOW! WE KNOW! WE KNOW! EVERYONE KNOWS THIS STUPID STUFF! NO ONE WILL LIKE YOUR POSTER! Girl A was sobbing and it was the first "Mean Girl" behavior I've truly seen from a second grader which shocked me.

Would you address it with parents? Push to keep working on it assuming they're all going to go to school together for the next decade? Just let my daughter and Girl A do their own things and stop including Girl B? [/quote]

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