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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, you let your kid work it out. You talk to your kid about what he's doing, and ways he can talk to them. Your snowflake needs to learn to fight his own battles.[/quote]

I'm in favor of TEACHING the kids how to work it out and fight their own battles. For many kids (and adults), conflict resolution is not a natural skill. They don't pick it up on their own. The playground is where kids should be practicing and refining social skills, but it's a shit for teaching them.

I think it's totally reasonable for OP to ask one or two mothers if they have a better idea of what's going on. Maybe the kids are naturally growing apart. Also, 8 is a big number for a group. OP could tell her kid to focus on the 4 kids who are still friendly and stay out of the way of the other 4.

That said, OP's post makes it sound like she's wondering if she should tell the other parents so that the other parents can scold their kid, and I DON'T agree with that. That's based on too much he said she said. [/quote]

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