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[quote=Anonymous]People interpret behaviors indifferent ways, especially when it comes to sarcasm and humor. There are people we like, and we wonder why others don't, and people we dislike, and we wonder why other people do like them. We always feel like our own opinions are not subjective, but they almost always are.

We will always encounter people in our lives who we don't get or don't like. It is a life skill to learn how to deal with them (why are there so many books on how to deal with a "bad boss" that aren't actually about the boss?).

We may want to bubble wrap our kids and prevent them from learning this life skill, but absent actual abuse, which should always be reported (your kid saying the teacher is a jerk strongly suggests that it isn't), use it as a teachable moment. Talk about concrete behaviors (not conclusions like she's a jerk), your values about such behaviors, ways to respond -- or not respond to those behaviors, ways to reinterpret, ways to support others, ways to self-advocate.[/quote]

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