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[quote=Anonymous]I know that this is pretty much resolved, but I wanted to add my perspective.  My youngest is my first boy, and he is 8.  I've been SHOCKED at how he and his friends talk to each other.  So far, my kid has enjoyed roasting kids back, and hasn't gotten upset about the roasts aimed his way (including some fat comments).  He doesn't take stuff personally, and doesn't mean the roasts personally either.

I do think this is something he needs to figure out with his friends, but we talk A LOT about how to know if he has crossed a line with someone when roasting.  We also discuss lines that should never be crossed (racial and homophobic slurs mostly, but also have discussed not roasting things people can't change like their nose or glasses, or whatever).

I think it's exhausting, honestly, and expect that not everyone is having these conversations at home, but it's working in the way that he does ask a lot of questions about this stuff, and I think truly tries not to offend his friends/classmates.

The boys seem very herd-oriented, way more than my girls, and so I think they will all have to come to terms with where the lines are, and it seems like the process has a lot of painful bumps.  [/quote]

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