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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, she’s a child. And children have big mouths and comment on things. If you are uncomfortable with the children commenting on things, then you already know the answer, which is that you should not have had him running around the house in a pull up.  Wearing a pull-up at that age overnight is not the worst thing in the world but it is not ideal. However, it’s nobody’s business except for your family’s business. So keep it your family’s business and don’t “let it all hang out” with people who are not family.[/quote]

This. You made it sound like the whole family was making fun of your kid. It was a question by a child, even if that child is 8th grader.  Her mother didn’t say anything not to accentuate and prolong a discussion. The only thing the mom could have said, “don’t comment on others peoples clothes” but she could have gotten 100 “but…” in response and this would have turned into a long discussion of pull ups, etc.

How are you planning to address it? Tell mom that her daughter was rude to ask the question? The mother already knows it and probably spoken to her dd in private. Do you want a formal apology for the question?

You are assuming bad intentions and deliberate hurting of your kid’s feelings. But you need to ask yourself, if you and your kid are ok with him in pull ups, why are his feelings hurt by the question? Why didn’t you just say, “he got used to them, so that’s what he still wears as pjs”. Your silence is what is making your kid doubt himself. As far as he knew, it’s normal, but now the question made him wonder and your non-response is confirming that.[/quote]

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