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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mom of 5th and 6th graders here -- trust me when I tell you that six years old is not the age for "mean girl behavior" and it is likely just a child trying to figure out social interactions. The kid needs to be coached and your kid needs to be coached on how to react to things this child says and does.

I agree with the posters asking for examples - we don't know if this kid said she doesn't like your daughter's shirt or if this kid said your daughter is going to hell or she wants to kill your child. We'd obviously offer very different advice in all of those situations. Please come back with examples if you want good advice. Everything else is just speculation/not going to help.[/quote]

No, let's not trust you. My daughter endured this behavior in 1st grade as the new girl. When she became friendly with a few girls the insecure friends really targeted her and tried to isolate and exclude her to maintain their position in the pecking order. It was a hard adjustment because I naively believed, as you do, that this sort of behavior doesn't exist at 6. It does. I have a 7th grader, so I know well enough what this behavior looks like and it starts early.[/quote]

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