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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let's say you had a party planned for your child and intended to invite the entire class. Then one of your child's classmates started bullying him, to the point that the school has intervened. Do you still have to invite your child's bully to the party since you're inviting the rest of the class? Or do you get a pass on this rule?

I hate to completely change up a party my child has been looking forward to and make him invite only a small number of kids instead, but I can't imagine forcing him to have his bully present at the party given how much anxiety this kid causes him.[/quote]

I would invite everyone except the bully.  He'll learn very quickly that his behavior will get him ostracized.[/quote]

Nothing like teaching a bully not to behave in nasty, exclusionary ways by excluding him, right pp?

:roll:

Here's a tip: Model good behavior, for you own kid and for others.

Besides, I don't think you can actually call a 6 yo a "bully" anyway. [/quote]

Yes, six year olds can be bullies.  They are young and can, hopefully, change their behaviors.  But yes, absolutely young children can exhibit bullying behavior.  We had a bully in our second grade class.  As a kindergartener, we heard that at another school she had hacked off another girl's hair with scissors.  In first grade, she would shove, pinch, kick, cry on purpose to disrupt classroom time, tell people she hated them/they were stupid and show her underwear to others.

I think modelling kindness is great.  However, the first thing you need to do as a parent is to protect your kid.  The other kid's feelings do not trump the safety of your child.  This sounds like very harmful behavior that this poor child is bearing the brunt of.  I was the one who suggested inviting the bully but with safeguards, talking to the other parents beforehand, paying extra attention to the interactions between two those kids specifically at the party, having extra supervision.   That said, i wouldn't blame the OP at all if she didn't invite this little boy but invited the rest of the class.  [/quote]

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