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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid doesn't have special needs and has friends but they are painfully shy.  I think if you don't have a kid like this you just don't understand how hard it is for an introverted or shy kid to talk with anyone.  She isn't doing anything mean, and you can tell your daughter to say hello to people just to say hello (like I might do on a walk) and that it is ok if this girl is different.

You keep labeling her as unfriendly, and now in your last post say mean.  She may just take time to warm up to people.

It shouldn't grind your gears so bad that you and your kid are wrapped up in how the kid doesn't like her  (which you could help frame it differently )  and you make a post about a young child on the DCUM board.

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Op here. The kids have known each other for years… I have tried to help DD frame it differently, but it’s starting to feel like mean behavior.

I do tell DD to not worry about it. It really didn’t bother me that much until this girl’s mom wouldn’t stop harping on about “mean girls”[/quote]

You sound ridiculous [/quote]

Well, what do you or your DD know about this girl OP?  Is she one of the mean girls or not?  What's she like the rest of the day at school?

FWIW, there is a girl at my DD's bus stop who is not a mean girl at all.  She is sweet and kind, and although she and my DD (both 9) are not close friends, they place together at recess, ride bikes around the neighborhood together after school...stuff like that.  Her parents are lovely and down to earth -- not mean types at all.  This girl is just not a morning person, she is sleepy and grumpy in the morning and clearly doesn't want to socialize.  She stands a couple sidewalk squares back from where the other kids are chatting and doesn't greet anyone.  Maybe it's a little rude, but I know she is not a mean girl.  [/quote]

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