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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. The reason I brought up "bullying" was because I was so mad at the time and had every intention to call the principal. The school might not take it seriously if someone calls and complains about this kid is rude/mean to my kid, these kinds of calls. So I thought if it was really bullying, that will get their attention. Nowadays, the school takes bullying very seriously. DD's school has counselors that come in every month or so to talk about it. DD brought home a flyer about "how to identify bullying" and one of the thing in there was something like: someone that repeatedly says bad thing about another person or telling others not to talk/play with that person because such and such. I was kind of surprised when I saw that.

To the person that told me to "go HOME": thank you. You have help me understand now how kids can be a jerks at such a young age. I can easily see you as a parent of one the 6th grader at our bus stop. [/quote]

I'm the one who told you that, and my kids would not elbow your kid out of the way unless she was trying to cut them in line. But they would think she was lame for having her mommy at the bus stop with her and wouldn't want anything to do with her. I stand by what I said. You are making life more difficult for your child with your presence, and by not letting her work problems out by herself. They aren't pushing her into the street in front of on-coming cars here. They're making her get on the bus after them. Huge difference.[/quote]

New poster here.  Why is it that your children are entitled to "make" other children get on the bus after them?  Because they are stronger?  Isn't that the very essence of bullying?[/quote]

People jostle for first place. That is basic human nature. It's not that children are entitled to "make" other children do things, it's that it's not a big deal if one group of kids wants to get on the bus first to get the choice seats. There's such a thing as picking your battles. OP's precious snowflake will still get onto the bus, still get to school at the same time as those older, evil sixth graders even if she gets on the bus last. My issue is that she's taking something tiny and blowing it up into a huge thing.  This "bullying" term is thrown about WAY too much. And this bus stop crap is not bullying. Bullying should be reserved for the shit that makes kids go home and kill themselves. And if this bus stop bullshit does that, then that fourth grader has way bigger problems than who gets on the bus first. [/quote]

Ok, so it's not "bullying."  But those 6th graders are behaving inappropriately.  Why on EARTH shouldn't they be corrected?[/quote]

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