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[quote=Anonymous]My DS1 (now grown) definitely was mean sometimes--he had a very sharp tongue and an unfortunate desire to show it off. He was not very empathetic TBH. We were very aware of it (we observed it ourselves and also fielded many, many complaints from school about his classroom behavior), and we spent a lot of time addressing it: talking talking talking to him about it, expressing our disapproval, applying consequences again and again. It was extremely concerning to us and something we took very seriously.

In 8th grade, he had 2 classes with a boy we'll call Larlo who was very much like him. This kid drove DS crazy. After listening to DS complain about him a few times, I pointed out that Larlo really sounded a lot like DS in some ways. You could see DS recoil. It was like a light finally went on. We never heard another bad report from from a teacher after that.

DH and I still talk fondly about Larlo occasionally, LOL. We don't know where he is or what happened to him, but we are grateful for his influence. DS has grown into a nice young man with a lovely circle of friends.[/quote]

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