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[quote=Anonymous] My 11yo has a teacher like this. It is her first year teaching. She is the lunch supervisor. One of my daughter’s friends started imitating  one of their mutual friends who was not seated at the lunch table. My DD did not know how to react because a) her friend had never acted mean like this before and b) the teacher stepped in before she had a chance to react. Then, the teacher had a talk to the whole class about kindness. My daughter was listening and paying attention but she looked down for a second and the teacher accused her of rolling her eyes. The teacher took my daughter and her friends aside and told them to “stop with the mean girl behavior.” She and her friends were sent to the principal later and the teacher told the principal she had rolled her eyes at her. My DD started crying because this did not happen. The principal reminded her that if bullying behavior is going on she should stand up for the person but the principal told me that she was not 100% sure my DD rolled her eyes. Every so often the teacher comes to my DD to remind her not to be a mean girl, which I feel is an overreaction to this situation. DD has not gotten in trouble like this again.

Eventually I learned that the teacher was bullied in middle school. Newer teachers tend to take situations like this very personally. It doesn’t mean you are a failure as a parent, it is just the teacher’s perspective on what could have happened. I recommend reaching out to the school counselor to see what she thinks. I don’t you should be punishing your 6yo beyond just talking to her and telling her what she should have done.[/quote]

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