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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These parents are freaking out over their child being falsely accused of light bullying, which can only mean they know their child has that tendency, and they know their child will someday be rightfully accused of real bullying. Parents of a mostly sweet child would not go into panic mode like this. Red Flag City.[/quote]

Maybe, it really depends on exactly what the girl was accused of.

Also, if the girl is neurodivergent or has other SNs, the parents may justifiably be worried that she is getting a bullying label for a behavior that the girl does not intend as harmful but can't control. Like if OP's DD called the girl a bully for ignoring her, but the girl is autistic and it's not really ignoring but an inability to hear or respond to certain things, it would be understandable that the girls' parents want to speak to OP or the teacher and discuss how to address this issue without labeling their kid as mean because OP's daughter misinterpreted an ND behavior as an aggressive behavior.

I could see this going a lot of different ways.[/quote]

In light of the OP's recent clarification, it does not sound like the girl is on the spectrum or has social difficulties. She actually sounds prone to being rude and blunt at inappropriate times. So I do think these parents are trying to get ahead of the bully label because they know in their hearts what this could develop into down the line. I had that concern about one of my children when they were very young and I prayed I was not going to get called into the school office every other day because my child had no filter. Luckily they grew out of it and stopped saying rude things at inappropriate times and places.[/quote]

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