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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stop using the term "mean girl". It is misogynistic. Girls are not uniquely mean. Girls who are mean are mean to other girls because it is their peer group. They are also mean to boys but less so because we have then socialized to defer to the boys. Last I checked the girls lacrosse team never raped a team mate with a broom handle. People are sometimes mean. Some of them are girls and some of them are girls. [/quote]

FINALLY someone with sense.  Stop with the “mean girl” crap.  People sometimes behave badly.  That poor behavior often looks different between genders mostly due to socialization.  An adult labeling a kindergartner (!) as a “mean girl” is also what I would consider poor behavior.  Also, OP, you’re only getting one side of the story.  My kids have complained plenty about other kids being unfriendly to them, and often when I’ve observed the dynamics in person, it’s very much a give and take.  Point being, don’t assume that your kid is never at fault.

Also: yes, you have to invite the whole class.  Leaving one kid out is atrocious.

-Mom of one girl and two boys[/quote]

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