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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just posted about girls being mean.

I have 3 kids and feel lucky to be blessed with such great kids. They are smart, good looking and athletic. I always encourage kindness and tell them how important it is for them to be nice people.

I come from a religious family. My dad is the most moral person and was exceptionally smart. I married a guy who was also smart and kind. DH is the type of guy who is good at everything. He is also trustworthy and loyal and that has worked well for him professionally. [/quote]

If you are the OP of the mean girl thread, you do not come across as nice in that thread at all. You are also weirdly obsessed with kids' looks (yours and, in the other thread, your DD's friends).[/quote]

I literally just wrote that having a father and husband who are both smart and kind is what makes my children great.

DH and I are both good looking and smart. We met when we were attending top grad schools and made three great kids. DH also earns a lot of money so that probably helps.[/quote]

Different poster and I am sorry to pile on but I agree. You didn’t sound like a nice poster in your other thread and you don’t sound like someone I would enjoy IRL here too. Are you from a different culture ? Is that why we perceive you as too blunt and materialistic ? I say that kindly, if you/ your kids give the same vibe in person, that is probably why your daughter is having trouble with her friends. You may not realize it but you are not the warm and embracing/ non judgmental type that everyone likes to be around. You come across as conceited, overly confident and focused on the wrong values (beauty, status and wealth)[/quote]

I don’t talk about where we went to school or money in real life. I’m also not into material items.

I do focus on quality family time. My kids are busy but we try to have family dinner a few times a week. When kids were younger, we had dinner together every night. I was anti screen when kids were younger. Teens were the last to get phones in their friend groups and we have time limits on their phones and downtime at night. I read to my kids every night when they were little and it is habit for everyone to read before bed. We let them try anything and everything and encourage trying new things, not giving up and most importantly, not being afraid to fail. We are kind to one another. My kids don’t fight with one another. My boys were not the type of boys to hit one another. This probably has to do with the very patient and tolerant nature of my oldest child. I’m not sure you can teach empathy but all my children are very empathetic. That is what makes my kids great kids. The natural good looks, doing well in school, living in a nice house, being athletic are all secondary to my kids being good kids. I’m really proud of them.

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i’m sorry but it’s super weird that you feel the need to keep mentioning your kids “good looks”. This is definitely something you clearly share with your kids (that good looks should be praised) and probably why they are perceiving other kids as mean-because they themselves are actually the mean kids. Because you sound like a mean girl yourself-and the adult mean girls are far worse than the ones that are children. [/quote]

Not sure why having great kids makes me the mean adult girl.

I love my kids and I do think they are beautiful. I’m not delusional. They aren’t models or anything. My sons are handsome and my daughter is super cute.

I do tell my boys how good looking they are and they say that is bc I’m their mom. [/quote]

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