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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I have been there, both with a son and a daughter, both in early elementary.

Letting your child's teacher know and letting them know having the school counselor help is something you are in favor of, is genuinely helpful.  For all the PPs who said the kids need to work it out for themselves, the counselors in elementary actually guide the children to do just that, often asking questions to get them started, and then supervising it.  One year, they even had a small tent in the counselor's office and the children could go in the tent together and talk about it after the counselor had discussed it with them.  It never, ever failed to work out to the benefit of both children.  Sometimes it developed into long-lasting friendships because they learned some things about one another they didn't know.

Sometimes the counselor will just go in after an episode like this and talk to the whole class as a group so no one is singled out.  Afterward, the teacher can then approach the two who are having trouble and have an excuse to tease out what is going on.  This is absolutely what the counselors are for – helping the kids work out these things in elementary so they gain confidence for the bigger issues down the road.[/quote]

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