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[quote=Anonymous]op, I've said something directly to kids before.  They were so shocked that I would use the tone and words I used that they stopped making fun of my son.  In the first instance, very similar to your instance, a girl was making fun of my son and telling him where he could walk  and not walk (you can't walk on that part of the sidewalk...you can't walk on the grass...)  I got down to her level and whispered in her ear that she was being mean and she does not have the right to tell my son where he could walk or not walk.  That she does not own the sidewalk and he could walk wherever he wants.  And that no matter how mean she got, she should remember that I can always be meaner.

the second kid was calling my kid names.  My kid has a slight physical disability that makes him walk a bit lopsided and he can't run very well.  I went to him and basically told him that calling people those names is mean and I don't ever want to hear him calling anyone mean names.    Interestingly, this second boy stopped and actually started including my son in some games.  It's been about a year and they are now (still) really good friends and play together almost daily.  He actually was/is a sweet kid.[/quote]

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