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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I should have said, but this wasn't a comment made by a 'young' kid. She's actually going to be going into high school next year. Certainly old enough to know better than to say something like that.[/quote] OP the mom was probably expecting you to respond to the "pees his pants" comment. Only you can determine how mean-spirited the comment was but I would not expect an eighth grader to understand the difference between a nighttime pull-up and a diaper. Middle schoolers don't know what they don't know, they have bad filters, and they are notoriously bad at reading others' facial expressions. This has been documented in research. You need to engage with them. Answer their questions right away, tell them what they don't know, and if their words were hurtful, tell them in a no-drama way. [/quote]
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