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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just wondering this myself yesterday when I went to pick up my rising kindergartner at camp. As my son was grabbing his backpack 2 girls his age very obviously whispered and giggled something about either my son or me, right in front of my face. One of my son's good friends (a boy) was sitting at their table and actually called them out on it. I don't know what was said (I'm sure it was something stupid), but the behavior really irritated me. I told them it wasn't nice to talk about other people right in front of them. One of these girls pushed my son a couple of months ago because she didn't want him playing with her and her friend (probably the other girl in the whispering scenario, if I had to guess). I actually work with the mom of the girl who pushed, and she is a very nice person. I can't imagine her daughter is learning this stuff from home unless it's from her older brother (my son has told me about mean things the brother has said at aftercare). I think the mom is overwhelmed at work so it probably is a combo of long hours in group care and not having the opportunity to observe her kid's behavior in this type of setting.

If I catch my kid being mean to others I will nip that in the bud real quick, as I have in the couple of times I have seen it from him. It's definitely something I am worried about as he starts kindergarten. Kids can be mean and are influenced by all sorts of experiences.[/quote]

This just sounds like you wanted to shame the other mom for working so much and leaving her kid in daycare, and say how much of a better mom you are. Maybe your kid occasionally has posessive moments in camp, too.

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Nah, I don't think that. I am familiar with her work situation and she gets a lot dumped on her that isn't totally fair due to her specific role and supervisor. I think if she knew about the two incidents I described she would be upset and have a talk with her daughter. My kid has his own challenges. I'm sure he hasn't always been 100% nice all the time but the director did stop my husband once to tell us he is one of the nicest kids at school so my guess is that he's kind at least most of the time. Hopefully that doesn't change but no guarantees. [/quote]

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