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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with a PP that six years old is far too young for adults to categorize a child as a mean girl.

Kids are people too. They have good days and bad days. Sometimes our own children are great and sometimes they're not. Also, when events occur or words are spoken, we usually hear our children's version which always seems to paint themselves as totally innocent. Kids say and do crappy things to each other and usually left alone they will work things out for themselves.

Another thing is that in social situations kids don't have the same long term memory as adults. Kids can fall in and out of friendships in short periods of time and then before you know it they are BFFs again.

When we parents become involved, buy-in and label a child as "Bad" we then become vested in proving that child to be evil. Parents can continue to remember mean words or a shoving match between kids years after it has been long forgotten by their children. In short, all be it difficult, we need to avoid abusing our power as adults to label and ostracize other people’s children.

Support and if necessary protect your child, however unless the offense was truly awful, be a gracious adult and forgive the little girl for having been mean.

Who knows, maybe someday your little girl will also need forgiveness. 
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