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1.  I agree that parents have to intervene when there is bullying and I am aware of what the research shows, but not everything that is mean is bullying.  The term is way over used.  This was a prank.  If its not part of a larger pattern, it isn't bullying and it does a real disservice to kids who have been bullied to misuse that term.  That is not to say its OK.  I agree with everyone who says OP should validate her DD's feelings.  But if the parents are called in and OP goes on the war path, you better believe that her DD will be bullied in the future.  And she wouldn't have learned the very important lesson of how to tell people when they are behaving in a way that hurts her.  Think about how important that life lesson is.

2.  I believe you when you say you are the principal of an elementary school, but yowza I'm pretty surprised.  That a principal would even go on these boards like this, when she may have parents of students of hers on these boards, that she would use such strong and insulting language, just seems really unprofessional to me.  And the emoticons!  Dear God, the promiscuous use of emoticons!  It just seems childish.  All I can say is that I'm glad my kids are teens so I don't have to worry that you are their principal.[/quote]

(OP, I apologize for going off on this derail with the PP.)

PP, are you saying that it's unprofessional for an elementary school principal to post anonymously about a general topic on an Internet board because there might be parents of her students who are also posting anonymously on an Internet board? And if so -- why?

And what "strong and insulting language" are you referring to?

And "the promiscuous use of emoticons"? It's not even clear that the principal was the one who was using emoticons "promiscuously". But what if the principal was? It's unprofessional for school principals to use emoticons? Who else shouldn't use emoticons?[/quote]

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