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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I, too, am more concerned by your daughter’s cruelty to those around her. There’s a time and place for brutal honesty, and a first impression with her person’s parents is certainly not it. Tell her to do better, and caution her to exercise restraint. Here’s a fun exercise. If DD would say it to her grandparents, then by all means encourage her to belt it out. If not, clam up.[/quote]
OP here. You make some good points, I have tried to encourage her to avoid brutal honesty and unkind language but as parents we can only do so much, right? As for the grandparents: I would love that idea except I don’t think it be helpful in this particular situation because when she’s around her grandparents let’s just say she REALLY lets looose.[/quote]

I don't understand why you don't like honesty.[/quote]

Don't be obtuse. Everyone likes honesty. But "brutal honesty" is often just cruelty under the guise of "I'm just being honest." Not everything needs to be said out loud.[/quote]

You haven't described anything "cruel". Instead you've just said the other parents are conservative. So what you seem to be worried about is that she'll call them out on their shit. That's a good thing. She should do that. Everyone should.[/quote]

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