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[quote=Anonymous]Kids can be like this. At this age they are KEENLY aware of differences. We do not mock others' appearances in our house either but kids still casually bring up these things because they notice it and comment on the difference. I doubt he was being mean spirited BUT you do need to let him know that it hurts people's feelings, everyone is different and that's okay and we can't help the way we look, etc. At Costco at Christmas my 6 yo saw a Middle Eastern man with a long white beard and said "Why is a gnome at Costco?" Naturally I admonished her and told her she shouldn't say things like that but at this age it's not really said out of meanness. Just noticing someone looks different.

You should definitely address that with your son so he knows it can be hurtful but frankly, your obese relative needs to quit being so sensitive. He's a little curious kid and she's obese. He's far from the first to say something about it and he sounds like he was just genuinely questioning a difference he noticed. Now if he called her "fat disgusting cow" that would be another story but this doesn't sound like that. [/quote]

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