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[quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm the odd person out here, but is OP sure this is a permanent thing?

Little kids say mean things sometimes. Sometimes they are over it in a day or two.  OP is only getting one side of the story here.

There have actually been threads on here about kids telling classmates "You aren't invited to my birthday party" as a form of revenge. An invitation to a birthday party is a kind of social currency in kindergarten.

Saying "Yoou're not my friend" can be a form of retaliation too. I want to ride on the merry go round and you won't get off so I can have a turn. "You're not my friend." Or the other child waits until your child wants to join in some game and then says "You can't play with me; you're not my friend." what they really mean is "since you souldn't let me play on the merry go round, I'm not going to let you play in our game." Your kid tells you the part about the other child excluding your D from the game and saying "You aren't my friend" but leaves out not letting the other child on the merry go round earlier.

Of course, if this is happening repeatedly, that's an entirely different story.

But make sure this isn't a "one off" thing before getting bent out of shape by it.

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